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Population sex ratios and violence against women : the long-run effects of sex selection in India
Amaral, Sofia; Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2017
analyse mechanisms, we also use administrative data on marriage rates and household survey data on attitudes to violence … against women and marriage quality. We estimate that the elasticity of violence against women with respect to the surplus of … as a function of the sex ratio at birth and marriage quality measures, including self-reported domestic violence, are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011740636
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Intimate partner violence and the business cycle
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Kambhampati, Uma S.; Rawlings, Samantha - 2018
We examine the impact of business cycle variation on intimate partner violence using representative data from thirty one developing countries, through 2005 to 2016. We distinguish male from female unemployment rates, identifying the influence of each conditional upon the other. We find that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785816
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Intimate Partner Violence and the Business Cycle
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2018
We examine the impact of business cycle variation on intimate partner violence using representative data from thirty one developing countries, through 2005 to 2016. We distinguish male from female unemployment rates, identifying the influence of each conditional upon the other. We find that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929086
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Population sex ratios and violence against women: The long-run effects of sex selection in India
Amaral, Sofia; Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2017
analyse mechanisms, we also use administrative data on marriage rates and household survey data on attitudes to violence … against women and marriage quality. We estimate that the elasticity of violence against women with respect to the surplus of … as a function of the sex ratio at birth and marriage quality measures, including self-reported domestic violence, are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028744
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Gender, Crime and Punishment: Evidence from Women Police Stations in India
Amaral, Sofia; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Prakash, Nishith - 2021
We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender- based violence. Using administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated with an increase in police reports of crimes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597396
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Gender, crime and punishment: evidence from women police stations in India
Amaral, Sofia; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Prakash, Nishith - 2021
We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender- based violence. Using administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated with an increase in police reports of crimes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012494817
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Gender, crime and punishment : evidence from women police stations in India
Amaral, Sofia; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Prakash, Nishith - 2021
We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated with an increase in police reports of crimes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012499651
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The Twin Instrument
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2016
Twin births are often construed as a natural experiment in the social and natural sciences on the premise that the occurrence of twins is quasi-random. We present new population-level evidence that challenges this premise. Using individual data for more than 18 million births (more than 500,000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653133
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The twin instrument
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2016
Twin births are often construed as a natural experiment in the social and natural sciences on the premise that their occurrence is quasi-random. We present new population-level evidence challenging this premise. Using data on about 18 million births in 72 countries, we find that maternal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011690341
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Intimate Partner Violence and the Business Cycle
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Kambhampati, Uma; Rawlings, Samantha; … - 2018
We examine the impact of business cycle variation on intimate partner violence using representative data from thirty one developing countries, through 2005 to 2016. We distinguish male from female unemployment rates, identifying the influence of each conditional upon the other. We find that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816546