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Alcohol Consumption and Intimate Partner Violence: Long-Term Effects of a Temporary Alcohol Ban

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  • Basu, Arnab

    (Cornell University)

  • Byambasuren, Tsenguunjav

    (Trinity College Dublin)

  • Chau, Nancy

    (Cornell University)

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We trace the impact of a partial liquor ban - from launch to reversal - on alcohol consumption and women's experience with intimate partner violence (IPV) in Kerala, India. Decomposing the policy-induced and reversal effects by employing difference-in-differences and event-study approaches, we identify a significant reduction in alcohol consumption (but only in liquor-serving bars) with an accompanying reduction in IPV during the policy period. However, both alcohol consumption and IPV rebounded to pre-ban levels after the policy removal. Heterogeneity analysis further reveals these effects to be confined only amongst high-wealth households. A battery of robustness tests confirms our findings.

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  • Basu, Arnab & Byambasuren, Tsenguunjav & Chau, Nancy, 2026. "Alcohol Consumption and Intimate Partner Violence: Long-Term Effects of a Temporary Alcohol Ban," IZA Discussion Papers 18357, IZA Network @ LISER.
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    1. Frank Schilbach, 2019. "Alcohol and Self-Control: A Field Experiment in India," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 109(4), pages 1290-1322, April.
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    • D04 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Policy: Formulation; Implementation; Evaluation
    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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