학술논문
COVID‐19 lockdown and traffic accidents: Lessons from the pandemic
Document Type
redif-article
Source
Western Economic Association International, Contemporary Economic Policy. 40(2):349-368
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
We use a regression discontinuity design to study the effect of the COVID‐19 lockdown on traffic accidents. Based on administrative data from Louisiana, we find that the lockdown order led to a significant decrease in traffic accidents (−47%), including accidents involving injury (−46%) and ambulance (−41%). We also find evidence of heterogeneous changes in the decline of drivers involved in accidents, with a smaller decline among individuals aged 25 to 64, male, and nonwhite drivers.