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

Arnab Basu (), Tsenguunjav Byambasuren () and Nancy Chau
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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

No tep0326, Economic Papers from Trinity College Dublin, Economics Department

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.

Keywords: Alcohol drinking; Domestic violence; Prohibition; Kerala; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D04 D12 J16 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 93 pages
Date: 2026-03
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Working Paper: Alcohol Consumption and Intimate Partner Violence: Long-Term Effects of a Temporary Alcohol Ban (2026)
Working Paper: Alcohol Consumption and Intimate Partner Violence: Long-Term Effects of a Temporary Alcohol Ban (2025)
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