Alcohol Consumption During Prohibition / Jeffrey A. Miron, Jeffrey Zwiebel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miron, Jeffrey A.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Zwiebel, Jeffrey.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w3675.

NBER working paper series no. w3675

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1991.

Summary:

We estimate the consumption of alcohol during Prohibition using mortality, mental health and crime statistics. We find that alcohol consumption fell sharply at the beginning of Prohibition, to approximately 30 percent of its pre-Prohibition level. During the next several years, however, alcohol consumption increased sharply, to about 60-70 percent of its pre-prohibition level. The level of consumption was virtually the same immediately after Prohibition as during the latter part of Prohibition, although consumption increased to approximately its pre-Prohibition level during the subsequent decade.

Notes:

Print version record

April 1991.