Eric Crampton • Dec 02, 2014 •
Last year, Steven Stillman showed that regression discontinuity design doesn't work very well in identifying the effect of changes in the drinking age on other outcomes.Suppose you wanted to know whether changing the legal drinking age, or alcohol purc... Read More
Eric Crampton • Apr 29, 2014 •
So, did reducing NZ's alcohol purchase age really hike youth accident rates? SHORE says so:Now, in the first long-term study, Massey University researchers Dr Taisia Huckle and Karl Parker have found this increased risk has become the new normal.In the... Read More
Eric Crampton • Aug 15, 2013 •
New Zealand's reduction in the alcohol purchase age from 20 to 18 did not substantially worsen outcomes for youths. Alcohol consumption did not increase among 18 and 19 year olds subsequent to the change. Consumption, binge drinking, and accident rates... Read More
Eric Crampton • Oct 08, 2012 •
Reducing the alcohol purchase age to 18 really doesn't seem to have increased youth drinking, or at least not on the aggregate statistics. I couldn't see any case for worsened outcomes on the aggregate trends. Steve Stillman kindly forwards the tables... Read More