reversal of rights already granted to women. Using the case of abortion rights in El Salvador, this paper investigates the … following questions: What are the likely causes of rights reversals? How might rights reversals be more consequential for women …

discernible impact upon property and economic crime. In probing mechanisms we argue that men are more prone to crime than women …This paper investigates the consequences of sex imbalance in India's population for violence against women. We match … district level administrative crime data by category to age- specific sex ratios in census data across four decades and, to …

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 against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …

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 against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …

Our study is motivated by two disturbing evidences concerning women in India. On one hand, crime against women is on …. We estimate the extent to which the decline in WLFPR can be assigned to increasing instances of crime against women. We … argue that an increase in crime against women, increases the non-pecuniary costs of traveling to work, particularly in a …