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Love on the rocks : alcohol abuse and domestic violence in rural Mexico
Angelucci, Manuela (contributor) - 2007
in wife's and husband's income on husband alcohol abuse and alcohol-induced violence using new data from rural Mexico. A …What causes alcohol abuse and domestic violence and how can we stop them? These behaviors have multiple determinants … out transfers from the husband only for 5% of the wives whose income increases. Alcohol abuse and violence are insensitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003578345
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Love on the Rocks : Alcohol Abuse and Domestic Violence in Rural Mexico
Angelucci, Manuela - 2007
in wife's and husband's income on husband alcohol abuse and alcohol-induced violence using new data from rural Mexico. A …What causes alcohol abuse and domestic violence and how can we stop them? These behaviors have multiple determinants … out transfers from the husband only for 5% of the wives whose income increases. Alcohol abuse and violence are insensitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777093
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Alcohol, violence and injury-induced mortality: evidence from a modern-day prohibition
Barron, Kai; Parry, Charles D. H.; Bradshaw, Debbie; … - 2022
This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013166761
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Alcohol, violence and injury-induced mortality : evidence from a modern-day prohibition
Barron, Kai; Parry, Charles D.H.; Bradshaw, Debbie; … - 2022
This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822103
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Alcohol and short-run mortality : evidence from a modern-day prohibition
Barron, Kai; Bradshaw, Debbie; Parry, Charles D. H.; … - 2021
On July 13, 2020 a complete nation-wide ban was placed on the sale and transport of alcohol in South Africa. This paper evaluates the impact of this sudden and unexpected five-week alcohol prohibition on mortality due to unnatural causes. We find that the policy reduced the number of unnatural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500339
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Does movie violence increase violent crime?
Dahl, Gordon B.; Della Vigna, Stefano - In: The quarterly journal of economics 124 (2009) 2, pp. 677-735
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003862299
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Poverty and crime in 19th century Germany : a reassessment
Traxler, Christian; Burhop, Carsten - 2010
Using panel data for Prussia during 1882 to 1910, we replicate Mehlum, Miguel, and Torvik's (2006) study on the causal effect of poverty on crime in 19th century Germany. In addition, our data set allows us to make several original contributions to the literature. We confirm the robust positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662611
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Estimating the relationship between alcohol policies and criminal violence and victimization
Markowitz, Sara; Nesson, Erik; Poe-Yamagata, Eileen; … - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009524226
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Estimating the relationship between alcohol policies and criminal violence and victimization
Markowitz, Sara; Poe-Yamagata, Eileen; Andrews, Tracy; … - In: German economic review 13 (2012) 4, pp. 416-435
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009744371
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The pharmacological channel revisited : alcohol sales restrictions and crime in Bogotá
Mello, Joao M. P. de; Mejía, Daniel; Suárez, Lucía - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009748752