Journal article
The impact of the Philadelphia beverage tax on purchases and consumption by adults and children
Journal of health economics, Vol.67, pp.1-16
09/2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2019.102225
PMID: 31476602
Abstract
Numerous U.S. cities have recently enacted taxes on sweetened beverages. To examine the effects of the beverage tax of 1.5 cents per ounce in Philadelphia, we surveyed adults and children in Philadelphia and nearby comparison communities both before the tax and nearly one year after implementation. We find that the tax reduced purchases in Philadelphia stores and that Philadelphia residents increased purchases of taxed beverages outside of the city. The tax reduced the frequency of adults’ soda consumption by 31 percent, but had no detectable impacts on adults’ consumption of other beverages. The tax had no detectable impact on children’s consumption of soda or all taxed beverages, although children who were frequent consumers prior to the tax reduced their consumption after the tax.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The impact of the Philadelphia beverage tax on purchases and consumption by adults and children
- Creators
- John Cawley - Cornell UniversityDavid Frisvold - University of IowaAnna Hill - Mathematica Policy ResearchDavid Jones - Mathematica Policy Research
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of health economics, Vol.67, pp.1-16
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2019.102225
- PMID
- 31476602
- ISSN
- 0167-6296
- eISSN
- 1879-1646
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000867, name: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2019
- Academic Unit
- Economics; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984283565402771
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