Does a ban on trans fats improve public health : synthetic control evidence from Denmark

Spruk, Rok (avtor), Kovač, Mitja (avtor)

We examine the impact of the trans fat ban on a variety of public health outcomes. To this end, we consider a de facto trans fat ban that was introduced by Denmark in 2001. Using the synthetic control method, parallel trends between Denmark and countries in a control group in the years prior to the ban are used to construct a “synthetic Denmark” without any such trans fat ban. Our synthetic control estimates suggest the ban led to substantial improvements in public health. Following the ban, cardiovascular mortality dropped considerably, while the trends of adolescent and child obesity came to a halt and decreased significantly compared to the synthetic control group. Our findings provide new insights into the benefits for public health arising from the banning of trans fats.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: Denmark, nutrition, health, legislation
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2020
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-117733
• UDK: 614
• ISSN pri članku: 2235-6282
• DOI: 10.1186/s41937-019-0048-0
• COBISS.SI-ID: 25565670
• Datum objave v RUL: 23.07.2020

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Swiss journal of economics and statistics
• Skrajšan naslov: Swiss j. econ. stat.
• Založnik: Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES), P. Lang
• ISSN: 2235-6282
• COBISS.SI-ID: 528278553

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 23.07.2020

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: Danska, prehrana, zdravje, zakonodaja