We introduce a dynamic model that investigates the persistence and evolution of elite-dominated societies, where … exit options in the evolution of political inclusiveness across generations. An elite comparatively more mobile than the … generations. Exit options across different political entities lead to a joint evolution of local power structures …

marginal cost of violence always reduces violence, while increasing the indiscriminate fixed cost may backfire and result in …

We identify the effects of employment on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) by collaborating with 27 large companies in … heterogeneous effects whereby women with low bargaining power at baseline experience increased risks of abuse if offered a job …

Children are increasingly recognized as secondary victims of intimate partner violence. This paper uses a unique UK …

Violence in Mexico has reached unprecedented levels in recent times. After the government began a crackdown on drug … studies the impact of violent conflict on firms, exploiting this period of heightened violence in Mexico commonly referred to … as the Mexican Drug War. The empirical strategy uses spatiotemporal variation in violence across Mexican cities and an …

We study how NAFTA changed the geography of violence in Mexico. We propose that this open border policy increased … 27% of the pre-NAFTA mean. These results cannot be explained by changes in worker’s opportunity costs of using violence …

This paper provides the first causal evidence that hostile activities online lead to physical violence. Given the …

There is a vigorous debate on whether arrests for domestic violence (DV) will deter future abuse or create a … decriminalization of domestic violence and suggest the optimal police response is to lower the threshold for arrest …