Abstract
Dutch victimisation rates increase by 9%–15% immediately upon reaching ages 16 and 18. We disentangle the role of the many rights granted at these ages using offence location data, cross-cohort variation in the minimum legal drinking age driven by a 2014 reform and survey data of alcohol/drug consumption and mobility behaviours. We conclude that access to weak alcohol, bars/clubs and smoking increases victimisation at 16 and that age-18 rights (hard alcohol, marijuana coffee shops) exacerbate this risk; vehicle access does not play an important role. We find no evidence of systematic spillovers onto individuals still ineligible for these rights.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 95–134 |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| Journal | Economic Journal |
| Volume | 134 |
| Issue number | 657 |
| Early online date | 26 Aug 2023 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2024 |
Funding
We thank Statistics Netherlands for support regarding the data. We are grateful for funding of this research by Vetenskapsr\u00E5det (project number 2017-01900) and Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius stiftelse (project number P2017:0089). Bindler: Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy - EXC 2126/1 - 390838866. We thank the participants and discussants in numerous seminars, workshops and conferences for their valuable comments.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Vetenskapsrådet | 2017-01900 |
| Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius stiftelse | P2017:0089 |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | EXC 2126/1 - 390838866 |
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