Replication data for: Public Transfers and Domestic Violence: The Roles of Private Information and Spousal Control

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Project Citation:

Bobonis, Gustavo J., González-Brenes, Melissa, and Castro, Roberto. Replication data for: Public Transfers and Domestic Violence: The Roles of Private Information and Spousal Control. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114807V1

Project Description

Summary: We study whether transfer programs in which funds are targeted to women decrease the incidence of spousal abuse. We examine the impact of the Mexican Oportunidades program on spousal abuse rates and threats of violence using data from a specialized survey. Beneficiary women are 40 percent less likely to be victims of physical abuse, but are more likely to receive violent threats with no associated abuse. This evidence is consistent with a model of decision-makers' interactions with asymmetric information in the male partner's gains to marriage, who can then use threats of violence to extract rents from their female partners. (JEL D82, J12, J16, K42, O15, O17)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D82 Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
      J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
      O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

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