TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Jacks, David S.
AU  - Pendakur, Krishna
AU  - Shigeoka, Hitoshi
AU  - Wray, Anthony
        TI  - Later-Life Mortality and the Repeal of Federal Prohibition
        PY  - 2023/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16287
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16287
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - alcohol
KW  - federal prohibition
KW  - in utero exposure
KW  - later-life mortality
        ER  -