The effects of beer taxes on physical child abuse.

Abstract:

:The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of alcohol regulation on physical child abuse. Given the positive relationship between alcohol consumption and violence, and the negative relationship between consumption and price, the principal hypothesis to be tested is that an increase in the price of alcohol will lead to a reduction in the incidence of violence. We also examine the effects of illegal drug prices and alcohol availability on the incidence of child abuse. Equations are estimated separately for mothers and fathers, and include state fixed effects. Results indicate that increases in the beer tax may decrease the incidence of violence committed by females but not by males.

journal_name

J Health Econ

authors

Markowitz S,Grossman M

doi

10.1016/s0167-6296(99)00025-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-03-01 00:00:00

pages

271-82

issue

2

eissn

0167-6296

issn

1879-1646

pii

S0167-6296(99)00025-9

journal_volume

19

pub_type

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