Three quarters of all violence against women is perpetrated by domestic partners. I study both the economic causes and … consequences of domestic violence. I find that decreases in the male-female wage gap reduce violence against women, consistent with … a household bargaining model. The relationship between the wage gap and violence suggests that reductions in violence …

Three quarters of all violence against women is perpetrated by domestic partners. I study both the economic causes and … consequences of domestic violence. I find that decreases in the male-female wage gap reduce violence against women, consistent with … a household bargaining model. The relationship between the wage gap and violence suggests that reductions in violence …

despite the increasing rates in gender-based violence. An index for domestic violence is also created, challenging the …This paper provides the first empirical analysis on the relationship between domestic violence and women's earnings in … Mexico, a country where research on intimate partner violence has not yet received much attention in the economic literature …