How did U.S. Prohibition affect human capital? An analysis of long-term effects of prenatal alcohol exposure Público
Zhang, Ruhan (2015)
Abstract
Using data from IPUMS 1960-80 U.S. Census, this paper evaluates how human capital changes under a nationwide alcohol consumption reduction. Before the United States Constitution first introduced the national ban of alcoholic beverages, every state had established different levels of local option laws and even state laws of similar kinds. The introduction of the Eighteenth Amendment and the repeal of it in the Twenty-first Amendment provide a natural experimental framework for examining how maternal prenatal alcohol exposure can possibly generate huge long-term differences among children. Census data reveal that cohorts in utero when the law was strongly enforced show significantly reduced rates of physical disability, increased educational attainment, and higher possibility of marriage.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Historical Background 3
Literature Review 5
Data and Empirical Models 8
Discussions 14
Limitations 18
Conclusions 19
References 20
Tables and Figures 24
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