TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chatterji,Pinka
AU  - Markowitz,Sara
ED  - National Bureau of Economic Research.
TI  - Effects of Bicycle Helmet Laws on Children's Injuries
T2  - NBER working paper series
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - National Bureau of Economic Research
N1  - February 2013; Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
N2  - Cycling is popular among children, but results in thousands of injuries annually.  In recent years, many states and localities have enacted bicycle helmet laws.  We examine direct and indirect effects of these laws on injuries.  Using hospital-level panel data and triple difference models, we find helmet laws are associated with reductions in bicycle-related head injuries among children.  However, laws also are associated with decreases in non-head cycling injuries, as well as increases in head injuries from other wheeled sports.  Thus, the observed reduction in bicycle-related head injuries may be due to reductions in bicycle riding induced by the laws
UR  - https://www.nber.org/papers/w18773
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w18773
ER  -