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    Do Beer Taxes Affect Birth Rates Among Teens and Young Women in the United States? (thesis)

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    Date
    2017
    Author
    Stanton, Elizabeth J.
    Subject
    Washington and Lee University -- Honors in Economics
    Beer -- Taxation
    Teenage pregnancy -- Prevention
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    Elizabeth J. Stanton is a member of the Class of 2017 of Washington and Lee University.
     
    Alcohol abuse and underage drinking in the United States lead to many adverse outcomes, including unintended pregnancy. One way to reduce alcohol abuse – and therefore its negative outcomes – is to raise the price of beer consumers face. Using state-level data, this paper contributes to the literature by providing the first analysis of the effect of beer taxes on birth rates for 15-19 and 20-24 year old women overall, by race, and by race where the father is not reported. Results provide evidence for the hypothesis that increasing the beer tax decreases birth rates among teens and young women in the United States.
     
    Lizzy Stanton
     
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11021/33909
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