implications for welfare policy. This paper puts forward a theoretical framework that rationalizes why men may use violence …-monotonic relationship between the gender wage gap and domestic violence. We explore the implication of this result in the context of various … incidence of domestic violence. Instead, specific measures and incentives may have to be targeted at different types of …

We examine the economic and social determinants of suicide mortality in a panel of 25 OECD countries over the period … 1970 - 2011 and explicitly analyze the effects of unemployment and labor market institutions on suicide rates. In line with … a large body of literature our results suggest that unemployment increases suicide mortality, while real economic growth …

violence? We address this question by exploiting a natural experiment of history in Cameroon. From the end of WWI until 1961 … in former British territories are 30% more likely to be victims of domestic violence than those in former French … former French areas. These results are incompatible with household bargaining models that incorporate domestic violence but …

We identify the effects of employment on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) by collaborating with 27 large companies in …

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

marriage as well as for a precautionary savings motive. …

We investigate the empirical impact of violence as compared to other trade impediments on trade flows. Our analysis is …

having children within rather than outside of marriage. We thus expect passage of MWPAs and MWEAs to reduce the likelihood …