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 …

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 …

The empowerment of women within households remains a major issue around the world including in Africa. We have … conducted a study in Burundi coupling discussion sessions with microfinancing to determine if they enhance the role of women in … decisions regarding household purchases and the reduction of domestic violence. We compare our findings to that from a published …

Three quarters of all violence against women is perpetrated by domestic partners. I study both the economic causes and … consequences of domestic violence. I find that decreases in the male-female wage gap reduce violence against women, consistent with … selection into violent relationships, I find that violence against pregnant women negatively affects the health of their …

Women enter retirement having spent fewer years in market work, earned less over their lifetimes, and worked in … many women end up with lower levels of retirement income in old age. We use the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), which … largely between nonmarried men and women. Multivariate models show that 85 percent of this retirement income gap can be …

particular implications for women's time use. In this paper, we document that current patterns of female time use in home … about women's time use in Africa. First, in North Africa, women spend very few hours in market work and female labor force … participation overall is extremely low. Second, although extensive margin participation of women is high in sub-Saharan Africa …