information on the prevalence of spousal abuse and threats of violence against women. Constructing comparable groups of …This paper provides evidence of the long-term relationship between male-to-female spousal violence and the … importantly, the role that marital selection and the diffusion of norms rejecting intimate partner violence may play in explaining …

from India, we find evidence of positive effects of women’s age at marriage on their own and their spouses’ labor market …The labor market impacts of women’s age at marriage have recently received significant attention from social scientists … marriage affects labor market prospects of women in developing countries. This paper addresses this gap in the existing …

public health outcomes using detailed individual level and aggregate data from India, where state-level laws regulating the … violence against their partners, suggesting a causal channel between alcohol consumption and domestic violence. These results … associated with lower rates of motor vehicle accidents and crimes against women, but not other forms of crime. …

This study considers whether domestic violence increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico City. We use two … separate data sources to study this question--domestic violence call-center calls and official police reports. Using both an … event-study design and difference-in-differences, we show that while domestic violence during the pandemic continued (and …

women in 30% of Iran’s public universities, mostly in sciences and engineering. To analyze the effect of the policy, we use … significantly reduced university attendance by women relative to men. Additionally, we find that the policy had a negative impact on …

This paper investigates the impact of income shocks and bride price on early marriage in Turkey. The practice of bride … prevalence of bride price. Compared to women who experienced the same shock but lived in a province where bride price is … infrequent, such women are also more likely to give birth to their first child before 18 and for those who married religiously …

Billions of women still face legal barriers to economic inclusion, yet it is unclear whether lifting these barriers is … - the lifting of the Saudi women's driving ban - on women's employment by randomizing rationed spaces in driver's training …. Two years later, women in the treatment group are 61% more likely to drive, 19% more likely to leave the house …

women, where men's employment is nearly back to original levels by 2021Q2. Women, on the other hand, experienced persistent …