Alcohol, Violence and Injury-Induced Mortality: Evidence from a Modern-Day Prohibition
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Abstract 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 country by at least 14%. argue estimate constitutes lower bound on true mortality. also document sharp drop violent crimes, indicating tight link between aggressive behavior society. Our results underscore severe harm can cause point towards role for measures target heaviest drinkers
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Review of Economics and Statistics
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0034-6535', '1530-9142']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01228