TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barron, Kai
AU  -  Bradshaw, Debbie
AU  -  Dorrington, Rob
AU  -  Groenewald, Pam
AU  -  Parry, Charles D. H.
TI  - Alcohol, Violence, and Injury-Induced Mortality: Evidence from a Modern-Day Prohibition
SN  - 0034-6535
PB  - The Review of Economics and Statistics
KW  -  Alcohol
KW  -  Morbidity
KW  -  Mortality
KW  - Violence
N2  - This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nationwide 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 toward a role for policy measures that target the heaviest drinkers in society
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01228
ER  -