To study the relationship between laws and policies and people’s health and well-being, we employ a range of methods. With our globally comparative, quantitative policy data, we can use quasi-experimental techniques to undertake population-level impact assessments by comparing countries that enacted particular policies with comparator countries lacking these policies. Our longitudinal analyses evaluate how changes in policies affect outcomes over time, providing rigorous evidence of how policy reforms impact households. Examples include:
- Improved child marriage laws and its association with changing attitudes and experiences of intimate partner violence: a comparative multi-national study
- The impact of eliminating primary school tuition fees on child marriage in sub-Saharan Africa: A quasi-experimental evaluation of policy changes in 8 countries
- Effects of tuition-free primary education on women’s access to family planning and on health decision-making: A cross-national study
- Paid maternity leave and childhood vaccination uptake: Longitudinal evidence from 20 low-and-middle-income countries
- Increased duration of paid maternity leave lowers infant mortality in low- and middle-income countries: A quasi-experimental study
- Does extending the duration of legislated paid maternity leave improve breastfeeding practices? Evidence from 38 low-income and middle-income countries
- The association of minimum wage change on child nutritional status in LMICs: A quasi-experimental multi-country study
- Are tuition-free primary education policies associated with lower infant and neonatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries?
- Minimum wage and overweight and obesity in adult women: A multilevel analysis of low and middle income countries
- Improving health with programmatic, legal, and policy approaches to reduce gender inequality and change restrictive gender norms
- Economic policy and the double burden of malnutrition: cross-national longitudinal analysis of minimum wage and women's underweight and obesity