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

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  • Arnab Basu

    (Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University)

  • Tsenguunjav Byambasuren

    (Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin)

  • Nancy Chau

    (Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University)

Abstract

We trace the impact of a temporary ban targeting liquor‐serving bars – from launch to reversal – on alcohol consumption and women's experience with domestic violence 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 bars) with an accompanying reduction in intimate partner violence during the policy period. However, both alcohol consumption and domestic violence 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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  • Arnab Basu & Tsenguunjav Byambasuren & Nancy Chau, 2026. "Alcohol Consumption and Intimate Partner Violence: Long-Term Effects of a Temporary Alcohol Ban," Trinity Economics Papers tep0326, Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:tcd:tcduee:tep0326
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    JEL classification:

    • 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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