The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Crime

Carpenter, Christopher S.; Dobkin, Carlos

doi:10.1162/rest_a_00489

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“…32 For example, prior work using this same RD design for the United States also found larger reduced form effects of the MLDA on mortality for young men compared to young women (Carpenter and Dobkin 2009) and a similar gender-specific pattern for arrests (Carpenter and Dobkin 2013, forthcoming), emergency room visits, and inpatient hospital admissions (Carpenter and Dobkin 2014). 33 If the drinking age in the US also works primarily to moderate extreme drinking by young men, our results are also suggestive of an important role for extreme drinking in morbidity, crime, and other acute alcohol-related harms.…”

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confidence: 90%

The Mechanisms of Alcohol Control

Carpenter¹,

Dobkin²,

Warman³

2015

J. Human Resources

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A substantial economics literature documents that tighter alcohol controls reduce alcohol-related harms, but far less is known about mechanisms. We use the universe of Canadian mortality records to document that Canada’s Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) significantly reduces mortality rates of young men but has much smaller effects on women. Using drinking data that are far more detailed than in prior work, we document that the MLDA substantially reduces ‘extreme’ drinking among men but not women. Our results suggest that alcohol control efforts targeting young adults should focus on reducing extreme drinking behavior.

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The Mechanisms of Alcohol Control

Carpenter¹,

Dobkin²,

Warman³

2015

J. Human Resources

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“…Third, we expect increased alcohol consumption with increased transportation options. Alcohol consumption is associated with some of the crimes we study: robbery, aggravated and simple assaults, drunkenness, and DUI (Snyder et al and Carpenter and Dobkin ).…”

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“…Victim surveys suggest alcohol use is common among perpetrators of robbery and aggravated and simple assaults (Snyder et al ). Carpenter and Dobkin () estimate significant effects of access to alcohol on arrests for robbery, aggravated assault, other assaults, drunkenness, and DUI although they find no effect on disorderly conduct. In addition to crimes investigated by Carpenter and Dobkin (), we add motor vehicle thefts because Uber relies on privately owned motor vehicles for its service.…”

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“…Carpenter and Dobkin () estimate significant effects of access to alcohol on arrests for robbery, aggravated assault, other assaults, drunkenness, and DUI although they find no effect on disorderly conduct. In addition to crimes investigated by Carpenter and Dobkin (), we add motor vehicle thefts because Uber relies on privately owned motor vehicles for its service. The remaining three crime categories: liquor law violations, forgery, and embezzlement are included as placebo tests.…”

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Ride‐Sharing, Fatal Crashes, and Crime

Dills¹,

Mulholland²

2018

Southern Economic Journal

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The advent of smart‐phone based, ride‐sharing applications has revolutionized the vehicle for hire market. Advocates point to the ease of use, lower prices, and shorter wait times compared to hailing a taxi or prearranging limousine service. Others argue that proper government oversight is necessary to protect ride‐share passengers from driver error or vehicle parts failures and violence from unlicensed strangers. Using U.S. county‐level data from 2007 through 2015, we investigate whether the introduction of the ride‐sharing service Uber is associated with changes in fatal vehicle crashes and crime. We find that Uber's entry lowers the rate of DUIs and fatal accidents. For some specifications, we also find declines in arrests for assault and disorderly conduct. Conversely, we observe an increase in vehicle thefts.

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“…Finally, if marijuana is a substitute for alcohol, as suggested by Anderson, Hansen and Rees (2013) and Crost and Rees (2013), increased access to marijuana could reduce crime since drinking increases arrests for both property crime (Carpenter 2007) and violent crime (Carpenter and Dobkin 2015). Ultimately, given the range of theoretical predictions, the impact of dispensaries on crime is an empirical question.…”

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Going to pot? The impact of dispensary closures on crime

Chang¹,

Jacobson²

2017

Journal of Urban Economics

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Jurisdictions that sanction medical or, more recently, recreational marijuana use often allow retail sales at dispensaries. Dispensaries are controversial as many believe they contribute to local crime. To assess this claim, we analyze the short-term mass closing of hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles. Contrary to popular wisdom, we find an immediate increase in crime around dispensaries ordered to close relative to those allowed to remain open. The increase is specific to the type of crime most plausibly deterred by bystanders, and is correlated with neighborhood walkability. We find a similar pattern of results for temporary restaurant closures due to health code violations. A likely common mechanism is that “eyes upon the street” deter some types of crime.

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The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Crime

Cited by 63 publications

References 10 publications

The Mechanisms of Alcohol Control

The Mechanisms of Alcohol Control

Ride‐Sharing, Fatal Crashes, and Crime

Going to pot? The impact of dispensary closures on crime

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