Breaking the Link Between Legal Access to Alcohol and Motor Vehicle Accidents: Evidence from New South Wales

The authors thank Lena Hock and Daniel Thomason for research assistance, Kitt Carpenter, Monica Deza, David Johnston, Daniel Rees, Michael Shields, Nathan Tefft, participants at the 9th World Congress on Health Economics, the 2013 HILDA Survey Research Conference and the 2012 CAER Health Economics Workshop, and seminar participants at Dalhousie University, Monash University, Queensland University of Technology, University of Texas at Dallas, Tulane University, and the University of Wollongong for their thoughtful comments. Special thanks go to the NSW Centre for Road Safety for providing and assisting with crash and licensing data, especially Phil Sparkes and Roger Jerrems. This paper uses unit record data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The HILDA Project was initiated and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (Melbourne Institute). The findings and views reported in this paper, however, are those of the authors and should not be attributed to either FaHCSIA or the Melbourne Institute. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.