2018/07/16 by Joseph J. Sabia, M. Melinda Pitts, Laura M. Argys · 32 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Engineering · Health Professions · Medicine · #Advertising #Alcohol #Alcohol consumption #Business #Consumption (sociology) #Demographic economics #Drunk driving #Economics #Engineering #Environmental health #Forensic engineering #Healthcare Policy and Management #Homelessness and Social Issues #Injury prevention #Labour economics #Medicine #Minimum wage #Poison control #Sociology #Traffic accident #Traffic and Road Safety #Wage
paper · doi:10.1162/rest_a_00761
published in The Review of Economics and Statistics 101(1), 192-199 (The MIT Press)
openalex publication_date 2018/07/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Abstract In volume 94 of this REVIEW, Adams, Blackburn, and Cotti (ABC), using Fatal Accident Reporting System data from 1998 to 2006, find that a 10% increase in the minimum wage is associated with a 7% to 11% increase in alcohol-related fatal traffic accidents involving teen drivers. We find this result does not hold when the analysis period is expanded to include 1991 through 2013. In addition, auxiliary analyses provide no support for income-driven increases in alcohol consumption, the primary mechanism posited by ABC. Together, our results suggest that minimum wage increases are not a silent killer.