Study: Taxing Sugary Drinks and Job Growth

Share On Social!

A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) predicts that taxing sugary drinks would not have any significant negative impact on employment.

In fact, the study suggests that there may even be modest job gains.

This study focused on the impact of a tax in California and Illinois, and the researchers expect the overall results would be similar in other states

In addition to net job gains and significant health savings, a tax on these beverages would be expected to raise over $500 million in Illinois and nearly $1billion in California, according to the study.

Read more here.

Check out Bridging the Gap’s issue brief on the study.