the affirmative. Specifically, nations with a history of women’s suffrage, greater representation of women in the … underinvesting in initiatives to empower women. …

Do policies and institutions that promote women's economic empowerment have a long-term impact on intimate partner … violence? We address this question by exploiting a natural experiment of history in Cameroon. From the end of WWI until 1961 … regimes opened up divergent economic opportunities for women in an otherwise cul- turally and geographically homogeneous …

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 …

In most countries, men are the principal asylum applicants, while women are admitted through family …-reunification procedures. Family reunification implies that women's residence permits are contingent on remaining married to their husbands …. Using a staggered Difference-in-Differences (DID) Design, I document that granting asylum to family-reunified women improves …

against women. We find that husband's education lowers the probability of suffering physical, emotional and economic violence …. The only aspect of violence not affected by spouse's education is sexual violence. Schooling also lowers the likelihood … behaviours such as drinking, gambling, and drug abuse. We also find that women whose mothers or whose husbands' mothers …

Is unemployment the overwhelming determinant of domestic violence that many commentators expect it to be? The … abuse: an increase in male unemployment decreases the incidence of intimate partner violence, while an increase in female … unemployment increases domestic abuse. Combining data on intimate partner violence from the British Crime Survey with locally …

negative impact of the protests on life satisfaction is observed among women, members of working class, and those with primary …

A large fraction of domestically abused women report that their partners interfere with their participation in … 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 …

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. …

Generous government-mandated parental leave is generally viewed as an effective policy to support women’s careers … around childbirth. But does it help women to reach top positions in the upper pay echelon of their firms? Using longitudinal … that expanded paid leave from 30 weeks in 1989 to 52 weeks in 1993. The representation of women in top positions has only …