Mandatory helmet use and the severity of motorcycle accidents: no brainer?

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	2022-07-08T15:06:35Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-08T15:06:35Z
dc.date.issued	2019	es
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/1374
dc.description.abstract	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.	es
dc.format.extent	31 p.	es
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	es
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía	es
dc.relation.ispartof	Documentos de trabajo del Departamento de Economía	es
dc.rights	Abierto	es
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Law enforcement	es
dc.subject	Safety and accidents	es
dc.subject	Helmet use	es
dc.title	Mandatory helmet use and the severity of motorcycle accidents: no brainer?	es
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
dc.contributor.filiacion	Blanco, Magdalena. Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay	es
dc.contributor.filiacion	Cabrera, José María. Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay	es
dc.contributor.filiacion	Carozzi, Felipe. London School of Economics, United Kingdom	es
dc.contributor.filiacion	Cid, Alejandro. Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay	es
dc.type.version	Publicada	es