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The virtuous tax: Lifesaving and crime-prevention effects of the 1991 federal alcohol-tax increase
Cook, Philip J.; Durrance, Christine Piette - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 1, pp. 261-267
estimate the aggregate effects of a federal tax increase on rates of injury fatality and crime. We provide evidence that the …) reduced injury deaths by 4.5% (6480 deaths), in 1991, and had a still larger effect on violent crime. …
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Exploring the intergenerational persistence of mental health: Evidence from three generations
Johnston, David W.; Schurer, Stefanie; Shields, Michael A. - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 6, pp. 1077-1089
This paper uses data from the 1970 British Cohort Study to quantify the intergenerational persistence of mental health, and the long-run economic costs associated with poor parental mental health. We find a strong and significant intergenerational correlation that is robust to different...
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