dramatic rise in crime driven by elite violence which erupted shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The … violence - initially confined to the criminal underworld - eventually spilled over, leading to indiscriminate attacks against … was no increase in politically-motivated violence, suggesting a widespread collusion between the mafia and local …

groups by exploring a dataset on temperature and violence in Russia, between the years 1989 and 2015. Hot days lead to an …

In this paper we analyze the factors that explain attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) in …

likely to state that they know a victim of violence but are not more likely to state that violence (physical or psychological … likely to suggest that a hypothetical victim of violence either not react to or deal directly with the partner rather than …

that of her husband's - causally affects domestic violence using microdata from India. Identifying the causal effect of … hypergamy violation on domestic violence, however, is challenging due to unmeasured confounding and reverse causality. To … evidence that violation of hypergamy leads to a significant increase in domestic violence. Further, we provide suggestive …

This study establishes the influence of sex-based grammatical gender on gendered violence. We demonstrate a … statistically significant relationship between gendered language and the incidence of intimate partner violence in a cross … that speaking a gendered language is associated with the belief that intimate partner violence is justifiable. Our results …

In this paper, we empirically estimate the causal impact of maternal domestic violence on the nutritional status of her …, we find robust evidence that violence experienced by mothers at the hands of her husband significantly increases the … likelihood of her children being malnourished. When we focus on identifying the pathways through which domestic violence affect …

We study the impacts of COVID-19 on domestic violence and family stress. Our empirical analysis relies on a unique … may affect family stress and domestic violence. We find no evidence that changes in work arrangements are related to self …-reported levels of family stress and violence in the home due to confinement, suggesting that remote work on a large scale does not …