Data and Code for: Teenage Driving, Mortality, and Risky Behaviors
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jason Huh; Julian Reif
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Project Description
Summary:
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This is data and code for the manuscript, "Teenage Driving, Mortality, and Risky Behaviors."
Abstract: We investigate the effect of teenage driving on mortality and risky behaviors in the United States using a regression discontinuity design. We estimate that total mortality rises by 5.84 deaths per 100,000 (15%) at the minimum legal driving age cutoff, driven by an increase in motor vehicle fatalities of 4.92 deaths per 100,000 (44%). We also find that poisoning deaths, which are caused primarily by drug overdoses, rise by 0.31 deaths per 100,000 (29%) at the cutoff and that this effect is concentrated among females. Our findings show that teenage driving contributes to sex differences in risky drug use behaviors.
Abstract: We investigate the effect of teenage driving on mortality and risky behaviors in the United States using a regression discontinuity design. We estimate that total mortality rises by 5.84 deaths per 100,000 (15%) at the minimum legal driving age cutoff, driven by an increase in motor vehicle fatalities of 4.92 deaths per 100,000 (44%). We also find that poisoning deaths, which are caused primarily by drug overdoses, rise by 0.31 deaths per 100,000 (29%) at the cutoff and that this effect is concentrated among females. Our findings show that teenage driving contributes to sex differences in risky drug use behaviors.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
I10 Health: General
R40 Transportation Economics: General
H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
I10 Health: General
R40 Transportation Economics: General
Geographic Coverage:
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United States
Methodology
Data Source:
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United States National Vital Statistics mortality multiple cause data
The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
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