Industry-sponsored studies reporting negative effects of SSB taxes on businesses, employment, and economic growth have been used very effectively to support arguments against SSB taxes and influence health-related policy. These studies tend to be based on questionable assumptions and provide only a partial picture of economic impacts. Emerging evidence from independent evaluation and modelling studies consistently identifies net positive economic...
See More
Document also available in :
English
DETAILS
-
2020/06/30
-
Brief
-
150526
-
1
-
1
-
2021/02/16
-
Disclosed
-
Business, Employment, and Productivity Impacts of Sugar-sweetened Beverages Taxes
-
disability-adjusted life
Citation
Hattersley,Libby; Fuchs Tarlovsky,Alan; Gonima,Alberto; Silver,Lynn D.; Mandeville,Kate.
Business, Employment, and Productivity Impacts of Sugar-sweetened Beverages Taxes (Russian). HNP Knowledge Brief Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/272551613495628964