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A Pint for a Pound? Reevaluating the Relationship Between Minimum Drinking Age Laws and Birth Outcomes

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  • Alan I. Barreca

    () (Department of Economics, Tulane University)

  • Marianne E. Page

    () (Department of Economics, University of California, Davis)

Abstract

Previous research documents a substantive, positive, correlation between the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) and birth outcomes. Using an improved empirical framework, we reach a different conclusion: there is little or no relationship between the minimum legal drinking age and the health of infants born to young mothers. We do, however, find that MLDA policies are associated with the sex ratio at birth. Our estimates suggest that raising the MLDA may reduce fetal losses.

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Paper provided by Tulane University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 1220.

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Length: 29 pages
Date of creation: Oct 2012
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Handle: RePEc:tul:wpaper:1220

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Keywords: alcohol; minimum drinking age; infant health; birthweight; fetal death;

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