Using the 2008 Turkish National Survey of Domestic Violence against Women, Erten and Keskin (2018, henceforth EK …), published in AEJ–Applied Economics, find that women's education increases the psychological violence and financial control … because women become more likely to be employed—supporting the instrumental violence hypothesis. They present this evidence …

Using the 2008 Turkish National Survey of Domestic Violence against Women, Erten and Keskin (2018, henceforth EK …), published in AEJ-Applied Economics, find that women's education increases the psychological violence and financial control … because women become more likely to be employed-supporting the instrumental violence hypothesis. They present this evidence …

We utilize a natural experiment, an education reform increasing compulsory schooling from five to eight years in Turkey … against women. We find that husband's education lowers the probability of suffering physical, emotional and economic violence …. The only aspect of violence not affected by spouse's education is sexual violence. Schooling also lowers the likelihood …

We utilize a natural experiment, an education reform increasing compulsory schooling from five to eight years in Turkey … against women. We find that husband's education lowers the probability of suffering physical, emotional and economic violence …. The only aspect of violence not affected by spouse's education is sexual violence. Schooling also lowers the likelihood …

Using a unique survey of adults in Turkey, we find that an increase in educational attainment, due to an exogenous …

Turkey, which is a predominantly Muslim country, enacted an education law in 1997 which increased the compulsory …