Social Costs of Abusive Alcohol Consumption in Uruguay

10 Pages Posted: 23 Mar 2018 Last revised: 10 Feb 2019

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Bibiana Lanzilotta

Instituto de Economía - FCEA UdelaR; Centro de Investigaciones Economicas (CINVE - Uruguay)

Jorge Campanella

Universidad de la Republica - Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración

Augusto Souto-Pérez

Centro de Investigaciones Economicas (CINVE - Uruguay)

Date Written: March 20, 2018

Abstract

This paper estimates the social cost of alcohol consumption in Uruguay. The estimated social cost includes direct costs - such as medical, judicial system and property destruction costs - as well as indirect costs - which includes, e.g, premature death, disability and repression costs. The methods are based on the cost of illness framework, addressing the estimates through the application of the human capital method and prevalence approach.

Results for year 2015 indicates that the net social cost of abusive alcohol consumption is 256.5 million dollars -i.e 0.48% of GDP - while the gross social cost is 280.4 million dollars - i.e 0.53% of GDP.

Keywords: Social Costs, Cost of Illness, Alcohol Consumption, Uruguay.

JEL Classification: I00, I19

Suggested Citation

Lanzilotta, Bibiana and Campanella, Jorge and Souto-Pérez, Augusto, Social Costs of Abusive Alcohol Consumption in Uruguay (March 20, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3144483 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3144483

Bibiana Lanzilotta (Contact Author)

Instituto de Economía - FCEA UdelaR ( email )

Montevideo
Uruguay

Centro de Investigaciones Economicas (CINVE - Uruguay) ( email )

Uruguay 1242
Montevideo, 11100
Uruguay

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Jorge Campanella

Universidad de la Republica - Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración ( email )

Gonzalo Ramirez 1926
Montevideo, 11200
Uruguay

Augusto Souto-Pérez

Centro de Investigaciones Economicas (CINVE - Uruguay) ( email )

Uruguay 1242
Montevideo, 11100
United States

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