Business, Employment, and Productivity Impacts of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Taxes

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 b...

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Main Authors:	Hattersley, Libby, Fuchs, Alan, Gonima, Alberto, Silver, Lynn, Mandeville, Kate
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	TAXATION NUTRITION POLICY BEVERAGE TAX EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVITY DISEASE BURDEN GOVERNMENT REVENUE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/477251593747849783/Business-Employment-and-Productivity-Impacts-of-Sugar-sweetened-Beverages-Taxes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34082

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spelling	okr-10986-340822021-06-14T09:57:48Z Business, Employment, and Productivity Impacts of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Taxes Hattersley, Libby Fuchs, Alan Gonima, Alberto Silver, Lynn Mandeville, Kate TAXATION NUTRITION POLICY BEVERAGE TAX EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVITY DISEASE BURDEN GOVERNMENT REVENUE 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 impacts from SSB taxes, including overall employment and productivity gains, and increased government spending. 2020-07-13T15:31:45Z 2020-07-13T15:31:45Z 2020-06-30 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/477251593747849783/Business-Employment-and-Productivity-Impacts-of-Sugar-sweetened-Beverages-Taxes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34082 English Health, Nutrition and Population Knowledge Brief; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic	TAXATION NUTRITION POLICY BEVERAGE TAX EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVITY DISEASE BURDEN GOVERNMENT REVENUE
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description	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 impacts from SSB taxes, including overall employment and productivity gains, and increased government spending.
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author	Hattersley, Libby Fuchs, Alan Gonima, Alberto Silver, Lynn Mandeville, Kate
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title	Business, Employment, and Productivity Impacts of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Taxes
title_short	Business, Employment, and Productivity Impacts of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Taxes
title_full	Business, Employment, and Productivity Impacts of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Taxes
title_fullStr	Business, Employment, and Productivity Impacts of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Taxes
title_full_unstemmed	Business, Employment, and Productivity Impacts of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Taxes
title_sort	business, employment, and productivity impacts of sugar-sweetened beverages taxes
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publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/477251593747849783/Business-Employment-and-Productivity-Impacts-of-Sugar-sweetened-Beverages-Taxes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34082
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Business, Employment, and Productivity Impacts of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Taxes

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