Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/170920 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10936
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using a unique pairing of household survey data and geolocational conflict data, we investigate the relationship between local conflict intensity and the disciplinary methods employed by Iraqi households. We find that parents in high-conflict areas are more likely to use both moderate and severe corporal punishment, and are less likely to use constructive parenting techniques like redirection. While there is a general sense that war has profound long-term impacts on the psychological health of children, research on transmission mechanisms is very limited. These are among the first results that rigorously document an association between violent conflict and child maltreatment and, to our knowledge, the first that document changes in child discipline practices even across a mainstream parenting spectrum. Given the persistence of early childhood outcomes into adulthood, these results are potentially an important piece of assessing and mitigating the long-term costs of war on the civilian population.
Subjects: 
Iraq war
child discipline
mental health
Middle East
household interactions
JEL: 
D10
F51
J13
N45
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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