The nutritional cost of beef bans in India

Aparajita Dasgupta, Farhan Majid and Wafa Orman

Journal of Development Economics, 2023, vol. 163, issue C

Abstract: We study the impact of beef sale and possession bans in India on women's anemia by leveraging a natural experiment arising from the state-level rollout of beef bans. We hypothesize that these bans differentially affect groups that traditionally eat beef - Muslims, Christians, and Scheduled-Caste Hindus. We compile rich data on beef-ban legislation by states over time and harmonize them with household and individual level data on biomarkers and consumption. Estimating a triple difference-in-differences model, we find that bans reduce women's hemoglobin levels in beef-eating communities by 1.2 g/L and increase severe anemia by 27 percent of the mean level.

Keywords: Beef bans; Anemia; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 J16 O15 O17 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103104

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