Later-life mortality and the repeal of federal prohibition

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Jacks, David S.; Pendakur, Krishna; Shigeoka, Hitoshi; Wray, Anthony
• 署名单位: National University of Singapore; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; Simon Fraser University; University of Tokyo; IZA Institute Labor Economics; University of Southern Denmark
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105192
• 发表日期: 2024
• 关键词: Alcohol; Federal prohibition; In utero exposure; Later-life mortality

摘要

Despite a recent and dramatic re-evaluation of the health consequences of alcohol consumption, very little is known about the effects of in utero exposure to alcohol on long-run outcomes such as later-life mortality. Here, we investigate how state by year variation in alcohol control arising from the repeal of federal prohibition affects mortality for cohorts born in the 1930s. We find that individuals born in wet states experienced higher later-life mortality than individuals born in dry states, translating into a 3.3% increase in mortality rates between 1990 and 2004 for affected cohorts.