| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w30063 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 30063 |
| Safeguarding Consumers Through Minimum Quality Standards: Milk Inspections and Urban Mortality, 1880-1910 | |
| D. Mark Anderson; Kerwin Kofi Charles; Michael McKelligott; Daniel I. Rees | |
| 发表日期 | 2022-05-23 |
| 出版年 | 2022 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We examine the effect of enforcing minimum quality standards (MQSs) on consumer health. In the late 1800s, the urban milk supply was regularly skimmed and diluted with water, but consumers could not easily determine its quality because dyes, caramel, and salt were added. To protect consumers, milk inspectors were tasked with enforcing a well-defined MQS. Using city-level data for the period 1880-1910, we find that milk inspections reduced mortality from waterborne and foodborne diseases by 12-19 percent. Ours is the first study to provide evidence that MQSs can improve consumer health when directly applied to an experience or credence good. |
| 主题 | Subnational Fiscal Issues ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Labor Economics ; Demography and Aging ; Industrial Organization ; Regulatory Economics ; History ; Labor and Health History |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w30063 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/587737 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | D. Mark Anderson,Kerwin Kofi Charles,Michael McKelligott,et al. Safeguarding Consumers Through Minimum Quality Standards: Milk Inspections and Urban Mortality, 1880-1910. 2022. |
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