| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP15510 |
| DP15510 Urban Mortality and the Repeal of Federal Prohibition | |
| David Jacks; Krishna Pendakur; Hitoshi Shigeoka | |
| 发表日期 | 2020-12-02 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Federal prohibition from 1920 to 1933 was one of the most ambitious policy interventions in US history. However, due to the political concessions necessary to bring about repeal, the removal of restrictions on alcohol after 1933 was not uniform. Using new data on city-level variation in alcohol prohibition from 1933 to 1936, we investigate whether the repeal of federal prohibition affected multiple causes of urban (non-infant) mortality. We find that city-level repeal is associated with a 14.7% decrease in homicide rates and a 10.1% decrease in mortality rates associated with other accidents (including accidental poisonings). Thus, the repeal of federal prohibition could have led to an annual reduction of as many as 3,400 urban deaths. Combined with previous results showing large increases in infant mortality, this suggests that nonetheless repeal most likely had negative effects on all-cause mortality and, thereby, public health in the US. |
| 主题 | Economic History |
| 关键词 | Federal prohibition Local option Urban mortality |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp15510 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/544512 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | David Jacks,Krishna Pendakur,Hitoshi Shigeoka. DP15510 Urban Mortality and the Repeal of Federal Prohibition. 2020. |
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