Shaping the Habits of Teen Drivers

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Moore, Timothy J.; Morris, Todd
• 署名单位: Purdue University System; Purdue University; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Queensland
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20220403
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 367-393
• 关键词: child safety seats; criminal deterrence; alcohol policies; driving behavior; field experiment; licensing gdl; UNITED-STATES; social norms; speed limits; belt laws

摘要

We show that a targeted law can modify teens' risky behavior. We examine the effects of an Australian intervention banning first-year drivers from driving late at night with multiple peers, , which had accounted for one-fifth of their traffic fatalities. Using data on individual drivers linked to crash outcomes, , we find the reform more than halves targeted crashes, , casualties and deaths. There are large positive spillovers through lower crashes earlier in the evening and beyond the first year, , suggesting broad and persistent declines in high-risk driving. Overall, , the targeted intervention delivers gains comparable to harsher restrictions that delay teen driving. ( JEL D91, J13, K32, R41) )