Minimum Wages and Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities among Teens

Adams, Scott; Blackburn, McKinley L.; Cotti, Chad

doi:10.1162/rest_a_00199

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“…While Meltzer and Chen () show that minimum wage increases raise body weight, Cotti and Tefft () find little evidence that minimum wage increases are associated with body weight. Similarly, in terms of risky behavior, Adams, Blackburn, and Cotti () provide strong evidence that an increase in the minimum wage raises alcohol‐related traffic fatalities among teens. However, in a recent paper Sabia, Pitts, and Argys () call into question the strength of this relationship.…”

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Do Minimum Wage Increases Influence Worker Health?

2017

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Do Minimum Wage Increases Influence Worker Health?

2017

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“…Averett et al () show that minimum wages are associated with improvements in self‐reported health among white women, while being correlated with health declines among Hispanic men. Adams et al () report increases in alcohol‐related traffic fatalities among teens, while Sabia et al (2019) find no evidence for increases in alcohol consumption for this age group when expanding the sample period. In contrast to Reeves et al (), Kronenberg et al () find that the first nationwide minimum wage in the United Kingdom did not lead to improvements in mental health outcomes.…”

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Higher Wages, Less Gym Time? The Effects of Minimum Wages on Time Use

Lenhart¹

2019

Southern Economic Journal

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This study examines the effects of minimum wages on time use. Analyzing data from the American Time Use Survey from 2003 to 2017, I investigate the role of time allocated toward exercise and other health‐enhancing activities as a potential mechanism underlying the link between minimum wages and health. The study finds that a $1 increase in minimum wages is associated with reductions in exercising and total personal health time by 13 and 20 minutes during the week, respectively. This decline in health time is fully reallocated toward additional leisure time. The results are largely driven by males and employed individuals.

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“…A recent estimate places the total societal burden of alcohol and illicit drugs at almost $US540bn (in 2016 dollars) (Caulkins et al, 2014). SUDs are associated with morbidity and mortality (Carpenter and Dobkin, 2009), increased utilization of general health care (Balsa et al, 2009), traffic fatalities (Adams et al, 2011), crime and violence (Markowitz, 2005), and reduced productivity in the labor market (Mullahy and Sindelar, 1996). Importantly, SUD treatment has been shown to cost-effectively reduce SUDs and minimize associated social costs (Popovici and French, 2013).…”

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Access to Health Insurance and Utilization of Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Provision

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The relationship between insurance coverage and use of specialty substance use disorder (SUD) treatment is not well understood. In this study, we add to the literature by examining changes in admissions to SUD treatment following the implementation of a 2010 Affordable Care Act provision requiring health insurers to offer dependent coverage to young adult children of their beneficiaries under age 26. We use national administrative data on admissions to specialty SUD treatment and apply a difference-in-differences design to study effects of the expansion on the rate of treatment utilization among young adults and, among those in treatment, changes in insurance status and payment source. We find that admissions to treatment declined by 11% after the expansion. However, the share of young adults covered by private insurance increased by 5.4 percentage points and the share with private insurance as the payment source increased by 3.7 percentage points. This increase was largely offset by decreased payment from government sources. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Minimum Wages and Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities among Teens

Cited by 78 publications

References 17 publications

Do Minimum Wage Increases Influence Worker Health?

Do Minimum Wage Increases Influence Worker Health?

Higher Wages, Less Gym Time? The Effects of Minimum Wages on Time Use

Access to Health Insurance and Utilization of Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Provision

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