Using a new dataset, we investigate the determinants of violence against women in Africa. We focus on cultural factors … contemporary violence. Second, women's contemporary economic role affects violence in a complex way which is itself related to … determine social norms about gender roles, family structures and intrafamily violence which persist even when the initial …

Can some acts of violence be explained by a society's "culture"? Scholars have found it hard to empirically disentangle … the effects of culture, legal institutions, and poverty in driving violence. We address this problem by exploiting a …, quality), outliers, and team fixed effects. Reinforcing our claim that we isolate cultures of violence rather than simple rule …

A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that culture matters for a … variety of economic outcomes. This paper focuses on one specific aspect of the relevance of culture: its relationship to … between culture and institutions …

Kingdom, established in Central Africa in the early 17th century by King Shyaam, had more developed state institutions than …

In this paper, we develop and estimate a model of violence between romantically linked men and women. Physical violence … violence appears to lead to a heavy-tailed error distribution. Our empirical results suggest that increases in the assailants …(i.e. the male's) income serve to increase violence, while increases in the proportion of the year that he is employed serve to …

Many violent relationships are characterized by a high degree of cyclicality: women who are the victims of domestic … violence often leave and return multiple times. To explain this we develop a model of time inconsistent preferences in the … context of domestic violence. This time inconsistency generates a demand for commitment. We present supporting evidence that …

A large body of evidence documents a link between alcohol consumption and violence involving intimate partners and …-at-home orders, there has been a marked increase in domestic violence. This research considers an important mechanism behind the … increase in domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: an increase in the riskiness of alcohol consumption. We combine 911 …

Alcohol consumption has been frequently linked to family violence. The purpose of this paper is to examine the direct … relationship between the price of alcohol, which determines consumption, and violence towards spouses. The data come from the 1985 … cross section and the 1985-1987 panel of the National Family Violence Survey. The 1985 data are a nationally representative …

suggest that both violence and drug use could be reduced by improving women's access to better healthcare …We study the impact of health shocks on domestic violence and illicit drug use. We argue that health is a form of human … relationships. To estimate causal effects, we examine chronically ill women before and after a medical breakthrough and exploit …

The empowerment of women within households remains a major issue around the world including in Africa. We have … study in South Africa that combined discussion sessions on life skills and health on reduction in domestic violence and … conducted a study in Burundi coupling discussion sessions with microfinancing to determine if they enhance the role of women in …