Later-life mortality and the repeal of federal prohibition
研究了1930年代出生人群在禁酒令废除后，因各州酒精管制差异导致的子宫内酒精暴露对晚年死亡率的影响，发现出生在开放州的个体死亡率高出3.3%。
Despite a recent and dramatic re-evaluation of the health consequences of alcohol consumption, very little is known about the effects of in utero exposure to alcohol on long-run outcomes such as later-life mortality. Here, we investigate how state by year variation in alcohol control arising from the repeal of federal prohibition affects mortality for cohorts born in the 1930s. We find that individuals born in wet states experienced higher later-life mortality than individuals born in dry states, translating into a 3.3% increase in mortality rates between 1990 and 2004 for affected cohorts.