The Mechanisms of Alcohol Control
利用加拿大全部死亡记录，发现最低合法饮酒年龄显著降低年轻男性死亡率，但对女性影响较小；进一步用详细饮酒数据表明，该政策主要减少了男性的极端饮酒行为。
A substantial economics literature documents that tighter alcohol controls reduce alcohol-related harms, but far less is known about mechanisms. We use the universe of Canadian mortality records to document that Canada's Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) significantly reduces mortality rates of young men but has much smaller effects on women. Using drinking data that are far more detailed than in prior work, we document that the MLDA substantially reduces 'extreme' drinking among men but not women. Our results suggest that alcohol control efforts targeting young adults should focus on reducing extreme drinking behavior.