Artikel
Alcohol, Violence and Injury-Induced Mortality: Evidence from a Modern-Day Prohibition
This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14%. We argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on the true impact of alcohol on injury-induced mortality. We also document a sharp drop in violent crimes, indicating a tight link between alcohol and aggressive behavior in society. Our results underscore the severe harm that alcohol can cause and point towards a role for policy measures that target the heaviest drinkers in society.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Journal: The Review of Economics and Statistics ; ISSN: 1530-9142 ; Year: 2022 ; Issue: Online Early, Just Accepted ; Pages: 1-44 ; Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Health Behavior
Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- Subject
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alcohol
mortality
economics
health
crime
South Africa
COVID-19
violence
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Barron, Kai
Parry, Charles D.H.
Bradshaw, Debbie
Dorrington, Rob
Groenewald, Pam
Laubscher, Ria
Matzopoulos, Richard
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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MIT Press
- (where)
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Cambridge, MA
- (when)
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2022
- DOI
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doi:10.1162/rest_a_01228
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Artikel
Associated
- Barron, Kai
- Parry, Charles D.H.
- Bradshaw, Debbie
- Dorrington, Rob
- Groenewald, Pam
- Laubscher, Ria
- Matzopoulos, Richard
- MIT Press
Time of origin
- 2022
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