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Bhalotra, Sonia, Kambhampati, Uma, Rawlings, Samantha and Siddique, Zahra (2021) Intimate partner violence : the influence of job opportunities for men and women. The World Bank Economic Review, 35 (2). pp. 461-479. doi:10.1093/wber/lhz030 ISSN 0258-6770.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhz030
Abstract
This study examines the association of unemployment variation with intimate partner violence using representative data from thirty-one developing countries, from 2005 to 2016. It finds that a 1 percent increase in the male unemployment rate is associated with an increase in the incidence of physical violence against women by 0.50 percentage points, or 2.75 percent. This is consistent with financial and psychological stress generated by unemployment. Female unemployment rates have the opposite effect, a 1 percent decrease being associated with an increase in the probability of victimization of 0.52 percentage points, or 2.87 percent. That an improvement in women's employment opportunities is associated with increased violence is consistent with male backlash. The study finds that this pattern of behaviors emerges entirely from countries in which women have more limited access to divorce than men.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The World Bank Economic Review | ||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||
ISSN: | 0258-6770 | ||||||
Official Date: | May 2021 | ||||||
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Volume: | 35 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 461-479 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/wber/lhz030 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
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