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 impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This … appears to reflect reporting rather than incidence as we find no changes in femicide or in survey-reported domestic violence …

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 …

their economic integration, increases the probability of divorce and decreases their risk of being victims of violence. I …