%0 Report
        %A Basu, Arnab K.
%A Byambasuren, Tsenguunjav
%A Chau, Nancy H.
        %T Alcohol Consumption and Intimate Partner Violence: Long-Term Effects of a Temporary Alcohol Ban
        %D 2026
        %8 2026 Feb
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 18357
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp18357
        %X 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.
        %K alcohol drinking
%K domestic violence
%K prohibition
%K Kerala
%K India