This paper provides evidence of the long-term relationship between male-to-female spousal violence and the … information on the prevalence of spousal abuse and threats of violence against women. Constructing comparable groups of … importantly, the role that marital selection and the diffusion of norms rejecting intimate partner violence may play in explaining …

impact of in-utero exposure to local violence - measured by homicide rates - on birth outcomes. The estimates show that … exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy leads to a small but precisely estimated increase in the risk of …, where violence is endemic and are particularly pronounced among children of poorly educated mothers, implying that violence …

link between these fluctuations and the incidence of domestic violence taking place in Uruguay. The real exchange rate is a … bargaining power of men relative to that of women within the household. We present evidence that it raises the frequency of … domestic violence. This holds true in rich and poor areas of the city. …

the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence -measured by homicide rates- on birth outcomes. Focusing on small … communities, where it is more plausible that local homicide rates reflect actual exposure to violence, the analysis shows that … exposure to violence during pregnancy leads to deterioration in birth outcomes: one extra homicide during the first trimester …

Violence has a striking gender pattern. Men are more likely to be attacked by a stranger, while women experience … violence mostly from their partners. This paper estimates the costs of violence against women in terms of intangible outcomes … that physical violence against women is strongly associated with their marital status because it increases the divorce or …

There are few reliable estimates of the effects of violence on economic outcomes. This study exploits the manifold … prices and homicides and exploits within- municipality variation, the study finds that the burden of violence affects only …

behaviors, in particular substance use, risky sexual behavior, and violence among adolescents in 15 Latin American and Caribbean …

Violence against women (VAW) is only beginning to be recognized as a major societal problem within and across Asia …. This is evidenced by the high level of self-reporting by men and women of sexual violence and domestic violence in recent … UN surveys; the extremely low conviction rates for these forms of violence; the slow, partial or non-adoption of anti …