TY  - JOUR
AU  - Grossman,Michael
AU  - Chaloupka,Frank J.
AU  - Saffer,Henry
AU  - Laixuthai,Adit
TI  - Effects of Alcohol Price Policy on Youth
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 4385
PY  - 1994
Y2  - September 1994
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4385
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4385.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Michael Grossman
Ph.D. Program in Economics
City University of New York Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, NY  10016-4309
Tel: 212/817-7959
Fax: 212/817-1597
E-Mail: mgrossman@gc.cuny.edu

Frank J. Chaloupka, IV
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Economics (m/c 144)
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
601 S. Morgan Street, Room 713
Chicago, IL  60607-7121
Tel: 312/413-2287
Fax: 312/996-3344;630/801-8870
E-Mail: fjc@uic.edu

Henry Saffer
NBER
365 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, NY  10016-4309
Tel: 212/817-7956
Fax: 212/817-1597
E-Mail: hsaffer@gc.cuny.edu
AB  - In this paper we summarize research that deals with the effects of alcoholic beverage prices and excise taxes on a variety of outcomes for youth. These include alcohol consumption, excessive consumption, motor vehicle accident mortality, and college completion rates. The research employs six nationally representative data sets on individuals that span the period from 1974 through 1989 and two state level data sets for the years 1975-1981 and 19821988. The studies find that alcohol use and motor vehicle accident mortality are negatively related to the cost of alcohol. College completion rates are positively related to this variable. Clearly, these are policy-relevant findings since price is a policy-manipulable variable. Frequently, the effects of a variety of simulated excise tax hikes exceed those of the uniform minimum legal drinking age of 21 in all states.
ER  -