We evaluate the health effects of a reduction in New Zealand's minimum legal purchase age for alcohol. Difference …-in-differences (DD) estimates show a substantial increase in alcohol-related hospitalizations among those newly eligible to purchase … ineligible younger cohorts. There is little evidence of alcohol either complementing or substituting for drugs. We do not find …

. This represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and thus offers at least some support …

This paper examines how estimates of the price elasticity of demand for beer vary with the choice of alcohol price … alcohol demand elasticities—estimates obtained from this source vary drastically and unpredictably. As an alternative …, researchers often use beer taxes to proxy for alcohol prices. While the estimated beer taxes elasticities are more stable, there …

We consider the effect of legal access to alcohol on student achievement. Our preferred approach identifies the effect … through changes in one's performance after gaining legal access to alcohol, controlling flexibly for the expected evolution of … effects are persistent. Using the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we show that students drink more often after …

effect of increased alcohol availability on marijuana use. We find that consumption of marijuana decreases sharply at age 21 …, while consumption of alcohol increases, suggesting that marijuana and alcohol are substitutes. We further find that the … substitution effect between alcohol and marijuana is stronger for women than for men. Our results suggest that policies designed to …

the importance of false ID laws in reducing alcohol consumption among underage youth. …Underage drinkers often use false identification to purchase alcohol or gain access into bars. In recent years, several … the customer is 21 years or older and uses a valid identification to purchase alcohol. This paper is the first to …