TY - JOUR T1 - The Mechanisms of Alcohol Control JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 328 LP - 356 DO - 10.3368/jhr.51.2.0314-6240R VL - 51 IS - 2 AU - Christopher S. Carpenter AU - Carlos Dobkin AU - Casey Warman Y1 - 2016/03/31 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/51/2/328.abstract N2 - A substantial economics literature documents that tighter alcohol controls reduce alcohol-related harms but far less is known about mechanisms. We use the universe of Canadian mortality records to document that Canada’s Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) significantly reduces mortality rates of young men but has much smaller effects on women. Using drinking data that are far more detailed than in prior work, we document that the MLDA substantially reduces “extreme” drinking among men but not women. Our results suggest that alcohol control efforts targeting young adults should focus on reducing extreme drinking behavior. ER -