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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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Intimate partner violence : the influence of job opportunities for men and women
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Kambhampati, Uma S.; Rawlings, Samantha - 2020
This study examines the association of unemployment variation with intimate partner violence using representative data from thirty-one developing countries, through 2005 to 2016. It finds that a 1 percent increase in the male unemployment rate is associated with an increase in the incidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228396
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Intimate partner violence : the influence of job opportunities for men and women
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Kambhampati, Uma S.; Rawlings, Samantha - In: The World Bank economic review : WBER 35 (2021) 2, pp. 461-479
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012546437
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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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Maternal mortality and women's political participation
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Gomes, Joseph Flavian; … - 2018
Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction … of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9 to 12% decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also … reinforcing evidence from the period in which the United States experienced rapid declines in maternal mortality. The historical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872434
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Maternal mortality and women's political participation
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Gomes, Joseph Flavian; … - 2018
Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction … of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9-12 per cent decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it … mortality. The historical decline made feasible by the introduction of antibiotics was significantly greater in states that had …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873906
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Cognitive development and infectious disease : gender differences in investments and outcomes
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Venkataramani, Atheendar S. - 2013
late childhood. We estimate that a one standard deviation reduction in childhood diarrhea mortality rates results in about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228782
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Maternal Mortality and Women's Political Participation
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2018
Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction … of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9 to 12% decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also … reinforcing evidence from the period in which the United States experienced rapid declines in maternal mortality. The historical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915723
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Maternal Mortality and Women's Political Power
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Gomes, Joseph Flavian; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
mortality. Investigating mechanisms, we find that gender quotas lead to increases in percentage points of 5-8 in skilled birth … for tackling maternal mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334322