| Titre : | The impact of drinking on psychological well-being : Evidence from minimum drinking age laws in the United States. (2012) |
| Auteurs : | ERTAN YORUK (Ceren) : USA. School of Management. The Sage Colleges. Albany. NY. ; YORUK (Baris-K) : USA. Department of Economics. University at Albany. Suny. Albany. NY. |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 75, n° 10, 2012) |
| Pagination : | 1844-1854 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Projet loi ; Boisson alcoolisée ; Consommation ; Homme ; Amérique ; Amérique du Nord |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 9R0x9JDD. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and psychological well-being among young adults in the United States. We do so by exploiting the discontinuity in alcohol consumption at age 21 and using a regression discontinuity design. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1997 Cohort), we document that young adults tend to increase their alcohol consumption and drink on average 1.5 days per month more once they are granted legal access to alcohol at age 21. However, we also show that in general, this discrete jump in alcohol consumption at age 21 has no statistically significant impact on several indicators of psychological well-being among young adults. This result suggests that although stricter alcohol control targeted toward young adults may result in meaningful reductions in alcohol consumption, the immediate spillover effects of such policies on psychological well-being are relatively limited. |
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