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Speed limit enforcement and road safety
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Rekers, Ramona - 2019
We study the impact on road safety of one-day massive speed limit monitoring operations (SLMO) accompanied by media campaigns that announce the SLMO and provide information on the dangers of speeding. Using register data on the universe of police reported accidents in a generalized...
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None for the road? : stricter drink driving laws and road accidents
Francesconi, Marco; James, Jonathan G. - 2021
Reducing drink drive limits is generally regarded an effective strategy to save lives on the road. Using several new administrative data sources, we evaluate the effect of a stricter limit introduced in Scotland in 2014. This reduction had no effect on drink driving and road collisions....
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The effects of health insurance parity laws for substance use disorder treatment on traffic fatalities : evidence of unintended benefits
Popovici, Ioana; Maclean, Johanna Catherine; French, … - 2017
Each year, 10,000 individuals die in alcohol-impaired traffic accidents in the United States, while psychoactive drugs are involved in 20% of all fatal traffic accidents. We investigate whether state parity laws for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment have the unintended benefit of reducing...
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Booster seats and traffic fatalities among children
Anderson, D. Mark; Sandholt, Sina - 2016
In an effort to increase booster seat use among children, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is encouraging state legislators to promote stricter booster seat laws, yet there is a paucity of information on booster seat efficacy relative to other forms of restraint. Using data...
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Why do some motorbike riders wear a helmet and others don't? : evidence from Delhi, India
Grimm, Michael; Treibich, Carole - 2014
We focus on helmet use behavior among motorbike users in Delhi. We use a detailed data set collected for the purpose of the study. To guide our empirical analysis, we rely on a simple model in which drivers decide on self-protection and self-insurance. The empirical findings suggest that risk...
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The accident externality from trucking
Muehlenbachs, Lucija A.; Staubli, Stefan; Chu, Ziyan - 2017
The presence of a heavy truck on the road can impose an externality if accidents occur that would not have otherwise. We find each additional truck on the road increases the risk of a truck accident – but also, at an even higher rate, the risk of a car-on-car collision. Our estimates imply two...
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Does changing the legal drinking age influence youth behaviour?
Boes, Stefan; Stillman, Steven - 2013
outcomes for youth. …
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Common law marriage and teen births
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana; Vernon, Victoria - 2015
repealed the odds that teens would become new mothers increased, with a larger increase among young black teens. When we …
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Teen social interactions and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic
Kalenkoski, Charlene; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2023
Adolescence is an important developmental period when teens begin spending less time with their parents and more time … Surveys and the 2012, 2013, and 2021 Well-being Modules, we examine how the time teens spent alone and with parents, friends … crucial development period. We also examine how time spent on various activities changed during the pandemic. Teens spent more …
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Minimum wages and restaurant employment for teens and adults in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas
Winters, John V. - 2022
Population Survey (CPS) and a two-way fixed effects regression model. I examine effects for teens and adults with less than an … decrease restaurant employment for teens and increase restaurant employment for these adults, suggesting that minimum wages …
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