Bäuml, Matthias and Marcus, Jan and Siedler, Thomas (2023) Health effects of a ban on late-night alcohol sales. Health Economics, 32, (1), pp. 65-89. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4610.
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This paper studies the impact of a ban on late-night off-premise alcohol sales between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. in Germany. We use three large administrative data sets: (i) German diagnosis related groups-Statistik, (ii) data from a large social health insurance, and (iii) Road Traffic Accident Statistics. Applying difference-in-differences and synthetic-control-group methods, we find that the ban had no effects on alcohol-related road casualties, but significantly reduced alcohol-related hospitalizations (doctor visits) among young people by around 9 (18) percent. The decrease is driven by fewer hospitalizations due to acute alcohol intoxication during the night-when the ban is in place-but not during the day.
A Substance use and dependence > Substance related societal (social) problems > Alcohol / drinking and driving
B Substances > Alcohol
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Alcohol use disorder > Alcohol intoxication
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Type of care > Emergency care
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health care programme, service or facility > Hospital
L Social psychology and related concepts > Physical context, location or place > Alcohol beverage sales outlet (shop / pub / bar)
MM-MO Crime and law > Substance use laws > Alcohol laws (liquor licensing)
T Demographic characteristics > Young adult
VA Geographic area > Europe > Germany
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