people live in high-crime areas exposed to numerous and gender-differentiated negative impacts. This paper studies the … effects of violent crime on intra-household resource allocation and bargaining power. I exploit an unexpected, plausibly … prior to the crime increase. I first estimate a system of demand equations and find the escalation in violence reallocated …

egregious crime. The consequences of IPV are profound and affect all members of the household, family members near and far, and …

Every day, three women are murdered in the United States by a current or former partner. Yet policy action to prevent … crimes against women in the developing world. This paper investigates whether the election of a female politician reduces the …

Purpose This paper investigates the deterrence effect of development on crime against women in India. Specifically, the … significant determinant of almost all types of crime against women. Further, the study also finds the deterrence effect of … variables acting as development indicators such as women’s employment, the relative strength of women in the police force …