In April 1933, eight months prior to the end of Prohibition, states within the US gained the ability to legalize 3.2 percent alcohol beer. Proponents of legalization predicted that the brewer's dray would bring jobs along with beer. We estimate that legalization brought around 81,000 jobs between April and June of 1933, 60,000 of which were created in April, when the nation emerged from the trough of the Great Depression. This suggests that around 5.6 percent of nationwide non-agricultural spring employment gains, and around 15 percent of April job gains, were associated with beer legalization. Thus, this very early New Deal policy played an important supporting role in helping the nation turn the corner toward recovery.

1933 年 4 月，在禁酒令结束前 8 个月，美国各州获得了将酒精含量为 3.2% 的啤酒合法化的能力。合法化的支持者预测，啤酒厂将与啤酒一起带来就业机会。我们估计，合法化在 1933 年 4 月至 6 月期间带来了大约 81,000 个工作岗位，其中 60,000 个是在 4 月国家从大萧条的低谷中复苏时创造的。这表明，大约 5.6% 的全国非农业春季就业增长和大约 15% 的 4 月份就业增长与啤酒合法化有关。因此，这项非常早期的新政政策在帮助国家转机复苏方面发挥了重要的支撑作用。