We estimate impacts of male job loss, female job loss, and male unemployment benefits on domestic violence in Brazil. We … increases in domestic violence. Exploiting a discontinuity in unemployment insurance eligibility, we find that eligible men are … increase in exposure of victims to perpetrators, with unemployment benefits partially offsetting the income shock while …

, with the result that too few hires are made in bad states of the world. Unemployment is involuntary. In an extension to the …

suggest that generous unemployment insurance and a dual-earner norm shield families from financial distress, which together …