TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Carpenter, Christopher S.
AU  - Dobkin, Carlos
AU  - Warman, Casey
        TI  - The Mechanisms of Alcohol Control
        PY  - 2014/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8720
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8720
        AB  - A substantial economics literature documents that tighter alcohol controls reduce alcohol related harms, but far less is known about mechanisms. We use the universe of Canadian mortality records to document that Canada's Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) significantly reduces mortality rates of young men but has much smaller effects on women. Using drinking data that are far more detailed than in prior work, we document that the MLDA substantially reduces 'extreme' drinking among men but not women. Our results suggest that alcohol control efforts targeting young adults should focus on reducing extreme drinking behavior.
        KW  - MLDA
KW  - alcohol control
KW  - mechanisms
        ER  -