We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender- based violence. Using … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This … appears to reflect reporting rather than incidence as we find no changes in femicide or in survey-reported domestic violence …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This … appears to reflect reporting rather than incidence as we find no changes in femicide or in survey-reported domestic violence …

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 …

We study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence against women in Germany in 2020. The analysis draws … online survey with counsellors and domestic violence experts. The number of violence-related requests at helplines increased … substituted help services away from ambulatory care towards helplines. We do not observe exacerbated violence in states with …

We examine the causal effect of women's age at marriage on prevalence of domestic violence using newly available … decline in physical violence, although it has no impact on sexual or emotional violence. Further, we provide suggestive … evidence that the effect of women's marital age on physical violence arises because older brides, as compared to younger brides …