Wages, violence and health in the household
By: Anna Aizer
Contributors: National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 13494; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 13494.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Description: "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 may provide an alternative explanation for the well-established finding that child health improves when mothers control a greater share of the household resources.  Using instrumental variable and propsensity score techniques to control for selection into violent relationships, I find that violence against pregnant women negatively affects the health of their children at birth.  This work sheds new light on the health production process as well as observed income gradients in health and suggests that in addition to addressing concerns of equity, pay parity can also improve the health of American women and children via reductions in violence"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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