CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Shaikenova, Damira |
|---|---|
| Title | The Causal Impact of Maternal Intimate Partner Violence on Child Weight: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan |
| Summary | This paper examines the effect of maternal experience of physical intimate partner violence (IPV) on child weight among children of age 6-59 months. The IV strategy was employed to correct for the potential endogeneity of maternal IPV and estimate the causal impact. The analyses of Kyrgyzstan 2012 Demographic and Health Survey (n = 2773) indicate no impact of maternal IPV on child’s BMI, underweight and obese status, however a decreased risk of overweight cause by child’s exposure to domestic violence is found at 10% significance level. Disaggregated analysis shows that the intensity and direction of the causal relationship between maternal IPV and child weight might differ across children’s various subgroups. Such divergent findings suggest a need for further research on mechanisms that can explain the contrasting heterogeneity observed in results. |
| Supervisor | Molnár, Tímea Laura |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/shaikenova_damira.pdf |
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