TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bäuml, Matthias
A1  - Marcus, Jan
A1  - Siedler, Thomas
T1  - Health effects of a ban on late-night alcohol sales
T2  - Health economics
N2  - This paper studies the impact of a ban on late-night off-premise alcohol sales between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. in Germany. We use three large administrative data sets: (i) German diagnosis related groups-Statistik, (ii) data from a large social health insurance, and (iii) Road Traffic Accident Statistics. Applying difference-in-differences and synthetic-control-group methods, we find that the ban had no effects on alcohol-related road casualties, but significantly reduced alcohol-related hospitalizations (doctor visits) among young people by around 9 (18) percent. The decrease is driven by fewer hospitalizations due to acute alcohol intoxication during the night—when the ban is in place—but not during the day.
KW  - alcohol control policies
KW  - binge drinking
KW  - difference-in-difference
KW  - road casualties
KW  - sales restriction
KW  - synthetic control
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62152
SN  - 1099-1050
SN  - 1057-9230
VL  - 32
IS  - 1
SP  - 65
EP  - 89
PB  - Wiley
CY  - New York, NY
ER  -