This paper assesses the effectiveness of child safety seat laws. These laws progressively increased the mandatory age … from 1978 to 2011 and rich state-time level variation in the implementation of these child safety seat laws for children of … different ages. Increasing legal age thresholds is effective in increasing the actual age of child safety seat use. Across the …

This paper assesses the effectiveness of child safety seat laws. These laws progressively increased the mandatory age … from 1978 to 2011 and rich state- time level variation in the implementation of these child safety seat laws for children … of different ages. Increasing legal age thresholds is effective in increasing the actual age of child safety seat use …

booster seats relative to child safety seats and adult seat belts. For children 6 to 8 years of age, we find that booster … seats are more than twice as effective as child safety seats and over 30 percent more effective than standard seat belts at …

This paper assesses the effectiveness of child safety seat laws. These laws progressively increased the mandatory age … from 1978 to 2011 and rich state-time level variation in the implementation of these child safety seat laws for children of … different ages. Increasing legal age thresholds is effective in increasing the actual age of child safety seat use. Across the …

booster seats relative to child safety seats and adult seat belts. For children 6 to 8 years of age, we find that booster … seats are more than twice as effective as child safety seats and over 30 percent more effective than standard seat belts at …

Using US fatality data from 1975 to 2003, Levitt (2008) shows that child safety seats do not significantly reduce …

Using US fatality data from 1975 to 2003, Levitt (2008) shows that child safety seats do not significantly reduce …

Using US fatality data from 1975 to 2003, Levitt (2008) shows that child safety seats do not significantly reduce …