Mandatory helmet use and the severity of motorcycle accidents: no brainer?
Resumen:
We study the impact of mandatory motorcycle helmet use laws on the severity and volume of road accidents in Uruguay by exploiting a change in the enforcement of the traffic law. Using event-study, differences-in-difference and synthetic control methods, we report a sharp increase in helmet use and a 40 percent reduction in the incidence of serious or fatal motorcyclist accidents. We find no evidence of other behavioral responses in terms of either the volume or type of accidents. We show that additional costs of enforcement for the relevant government agencies were negligible and estimate the health benefits of the policy.
| 2019 | |
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Law enforcement Safety and accidents Helmet use |
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| Inglés | |
| Universidad de Montevideo | |
| REDUM | |
| https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/1374 | |
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| author | Blanco, Magdalena |
| author2 | Cabrera, José María Carozzi, Felipe Cid, Alejandro |
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| author_facet | Blanco, Magdalena Cabrera, José María Carozzi, Felipe Cid, Alejandro |
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| dc.contributor.filiacion.es.fl_str_mv | Blanco, Magdalena. Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay Cabrera, José María. Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay Carozzi, Felipe. London School of Economics, United Kingdom Cid, Alejandro. Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay |
| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Blanco, Magdalena Cabrera, José María Carozzi, Felipe Cid, Alejandro |
| dc.date.accessioned.none.fl_str_mv | 2022-07-08T15:06:35Z |
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| dc.description.abstract.none.fl_txt_mv | We study the impact of mandatory motorcycle helmet use laws on the severity and volume of road accidents in Uruguay by exploiting a change in the enforcement of the traffic law. Using event-study, differences-in-difference and synthetic control methods, we report a sharp increase in helmet use and a 40 percent reduction in the incidence of serious or fatal motorcyclist accidents. We find no evidence of other behavioral responses in terms of either the volume or type of accidents. We show that additional costs of enforcement for the relevant government agencies were negligible and estimate the health benefits of the policy. |
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| dc.language.iso.none.fl_str_mv | eng |
| dc.publisher.es.fl_str_mv | Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía |
| dc.relation.ispartof.es.fl_str_mv | Documentos de trabajo del Departamento de Economía |
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| dc.subject.es.fl_str_mv | Law enforcement Safety and accidents Helmet use |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Mandatory helmet use and the severity of motorcycle accidents: no brainer? |
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| spellingShingle | Mandatory helmet use and the severity of motorcycle accidents: no brainer? Blanco, Magdalena Law enforcement Safety and accidents Helmet use |
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| title | Mandatory helmet use and the severity of motorcycle accidents: no brainer? |
| title_full | Mandatory helmet use and the severity of motorcycle accidents: no brainer? |
| title_fullStr | Mandatory helmet use and the severity of motorcycle accidents: no brainer? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mandatory helmet use and the severity of motorcycle accidents: no brainer? |
| title_short | Mandatory helmet use and the severity of motorcycle accidents: no brainer? |
| title_sort | Mandatory helmet use and the severity of motorcycle accidents: no brainer? |
| topic | Law enforcement Safety and accidents Helmet use |
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