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Title: Traffic Safety and Human Capital

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: This paper documents a large educational gradient in traffic fatality rates and investigates its source. Compared to individuals with a college education, those with at most a high school diploma are more than four times as likely to die in a traffic accident, a gradient exceeding that for all-cause mortality. More educated individuals’ health behaviors, such as drinking or seat belt use, support this gradient. A panel analysis of data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System indicates that this gradient is, to a small degree, causal, particularly for males, who cause most traffic accidents.

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Authors: Cox, Richard Guy; Grant, Darren

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Publication Number: 17-01

Institution: Sam Houston State University

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Publisher Location: Huntsville, TX

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Topics: Crime and Deviance, Education, Other

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