This paper investigates the long-term effects of the Paraguayan War (1864–1870) on intimate partner violence. The … military camps during the war. Over 130 years later, the likelihood of intimate partner violence is still 5.54 percent higher …-biased sex ratios and defined Paraguay as the 'country of women'. However, I show that, contrary to conventional wisdom, female …

force participation costs of married women. …

for politicians. We exploit variation in sex ratios - the number of men divided by the number of women in a region … - across Germany induced by WWII. In the 1990 elections, women were more likely to run for office in constituencies that had … election. These results suggest that while women were more likely to run for a seat in parliament in constituencies with lower …

How do men and women differ in their persistence after experiencing failure in a competitive environment? We tackle … unequivocally due to merit, both men and women exhibit a significant decrease in subsequent tournament entry. However, when the … prior tournament is unfair, i.e., a loss is no longer necessarily based on merit, women are more discouraged than men. These …

than labor income in explaining marriage choice. This quantitative result seems to characterize the expected lifetime … inheritance and labor income after marriage for Germany under the actual rate of return, growth rate, demographics as well as …

rampant violence in the region. Using a novel identification strategy, this paper provides the first econometric evidence for … exploits subnational variation in the exposure of migrant communities to exogenous conditions in the host country. Violence …

This paper examines the impact of exposure to violence during pregnancy on anthropometric and cognitive outcomes of … prenatal exposure to violence. I find that one violent incident during pregnancy decreases height and weight for age scores by …, type and perpetrator of violence, I isolate the effect of stress from access to prenatal care. I show that the results hold …