Teenage Driving, Mortality, and Risky Behaviors
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چکیده
We investigate the effect of teenage driving on mortality and risky behaviors in United States using a regression discontinuity design. estimate that total rises by 5.84 deaths per 100,000 (15 percent) at minimum legal age cutoff, driven an increase motor vehicle fatalities 4.92 (44 percent). also find poisoning deaths, which are caused primarily drug overdoses, rise 0.31 (29 cutoff this is concentrated among females. Our findings show contributes to sex differences use behaviors. (JEL I12, J13, J16, R41)
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عنوان ژورنال: The American economic review
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2640-205X', '2640-2068']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20200653