This study investigates the short-term mortality effects of two age-based restrictions on legal access to alcohol in … alcohol has, at most, a minor impact on drunk driving and mortality at age 16 and 18 years. This study thus provides fresh …

This paper examines the effect of national income on the total fertility rate (children born per woman). We estimate … the effects on fertility of shocks to national per capita income using plausibly exogenous variations in oil price shock … as an instrument for income and using instrumental variable generalized quantile regressions (IV-GQR). Using data for a …

determination of income and mortality, I use a simulated IV approach that relies on exogenous changes in OAA legislation. I find …How much have government programs improved elderly well-being? I examine the impact of OAA on mortality between 1930 …-1955. I construct two new data sets: a database on OAA, and a database on elderly mortality. To control for the joint …