Effects of motorcycle helmet laws on fatalities’ prevention: an impact evaluation

Blanco, Magdalena; Cabrera, José María; Carozzi, Felipe; Cid, Alejandro

dc.rights.license	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.contributor.author	Blanco, Magdalena
dc.contributor.author	Cabrera, José María
dc.contributor.author	Carozzi, Felipe
dc.contributor.author	Cid, Alejandro
dc.date.accessioned	2026-05-07T14:45:42Z
dc.date.available	2026-05-07T14:45:42Z
dc.date.issued	2017	es
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/2828
dc.format.mimetype	text/plain	es
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía	es
dc.rights	Abierto	es
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.title	Effects of motorcycle helmet laws on fatalities’ prevention: an impact evaluation	es
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
dc.type.version	Publicada	es
dc.description.abstractenglish	Simultaneity bias complicates the estimation of the causal effect of motorcycle helmet usage on fatalities. We overcome this obstacle by exploiting an exogenous variation in the enforcement of the motorcycle helmet usage law between two municipalities in Uruguay. We show evidence of a dramatic increase in helmet usage in one municipality after the law was enforced. In just one month, usage increased from less than 10% to more than 90%. Our difference in difference estimates show that helmet usage laws are associated with a significant decrease in injuries and fatalities.	es
dc.subject.keyword	Health public policy	es
dc.subject.keyword	Health behavior	es
dc.subject.keyword	Law enforcement	es
dc.subject.keyword	Safety and accidents	es
dc.subject.keyword	Transportation economics	es
dc.subject.keyword	Impact evaluation	es
dc.subject.keyword	Public economics	es

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