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Recent contributions using police recorded calls-for-service and/or crime data to estimate impacts of COVID-19 … lockdowns on the incidence of domestic violence (DV) have reported relatively modest effects. This may reflect a low reporting … daily data on DV crimes recorded by the London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), we propose a method for generating a …
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). Data through June 2020 shows that the pandemic's impact on domestic violence reports varied significantly across countries … and police complaints fell (especially in the first weeks of the pandemic). Significantly distinct patterns are observed … consistent with the pandemic changing the relative incidence of different types of violence and altering the perceived costs of …
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We document an increase in intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in Sweden during the first wave of the Covid …-19 pandemic, notwithstanding the famously lasseiz-faire approach taken by the coutry. We investigate the role of … different mediating factors, affected by the pandemic, by the containment policies, or by their economic consequences, and …
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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 …
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gender-based violence has been limited. Previous studies have highlighted the effect of female political representation on … incidence of gender-based violence in the United States. Using a regression discontinuity design on mixed-gender races, we find … electoral district. The drop in femicides is mainly driven by a deterrence effect that results from higher police responsiveness …
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This study presents new findings on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on productivity and innovation for Caribbean … pandemic, have a negative effect in the shares of female participation which, in turn, have the potential to nullify the …
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This paper investigates the importance of the age composition for pandemic policy design. To do so, it introduces an …. Calibrating the model to the US Covid-19 pandemic reveals an 80% reduction in death toll due to voluntary actions and the lockdown …
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Covid-19 pandemic and offered loans to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to mitigate the negative impact of the shock … loan-during the pandemic but prior to the RCTs-but were rejected by banks due to their risk analysis of the firms. With …
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This study examines the impact on human mobility of the national social distancing policies implemented in 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries in March 2020. To do so, it uses georeferenced data from cellular phones and variation between countries with regard to whether these measures were...
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The COVID-19 pandemic generated a large negative external shock to the global economy. Businesses worldwide were …' profitability and survival rates. In this paper, we study the economic performance of Latin American MSMEs during the pandemic using … transactions, we find that MSMEs managed to recover revenues to pre-pandemic levels in early 2021 thanks to an increased share of …
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