We leverage staggered implementation of lockdown across Chile's 346 municipalities, identifying dynamic impacts on … domestic violence. Using administrative data, we find lockdown imposition increases indicators of distress related to domestic … impacts partially differentiated by lockdown status. Once lockdown is lifted, police reports surge but we see a ratchet effect …

We leverage staggered implementation of lockdown across Chile's 346 municipalities, identifying dynamic impacts on … domestic violence (DV). Using administrative data, we find lockdown imposition increases indicators of DV-related distress … by lockdown status. Once lockdown is lifted, police reports surge but we see a ratchet effect in distress. Our findings …

the actual impact of pandemic-related closures on child development, in this case for a sample of young children in Chile …