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This digital document is an article from Economic Inquiry, published by Western Economic Association International on April 1, 2009. The length of the article is 10702 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.From the author: The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) is widely believed to save lives by reducing traffic fatalities among underage drivers. Further, the Federal Uniform Drinking Age Act, which pressured all states to adopt an MLDA of 21, is regarded as having contributed enormously to this life-saving effect. This article challenges both claims. State-level panel data for the past 30 yr show that any nationwide impact of the MLDA is driven by states that increased their MLDA prior to any inducement from the federal government. Even in early-adopting states, the impact of the MLDA did not persist much past the year of adoption. The MLDA appears to have only a minor impact on teen drinking. (JEL H11, K42)Citation DetailsTitle: Does the minimum legal drinking age save lives?Author: Jeffrey A. MironPublication: Economic Inquiry (Magazine/Journal)Date: April 1, 2009Publisher: Western Economic Association InternationalVolume: 47 Issue: 2 Page: 317(20)Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning