Public work and private violence

Anders Kjelsrud and Kristin Vikan Sjurgard
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Kristin Vikan Sjurgard: Dept. of Economics, University of Oslo, Postal: Department of Economics, University of Oslo, P.O Box 1095 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway

No 1/2020, Memorandum from Oslo University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Violence against women is persisting in many parts of the world. At the same time, there is a global trend of increased female labour force participation. In this paper we study the effect on intimate partner violence of a large public work program in India that explicitly encourages female participation (MGNREGA). Based on detailed administrative data, we show that the work program leads to more violence against women. We argue that the effect could be explained by a "male backlash" mechanism, where husbands exercise violence to regain power within marriage.

Keywords: intimate partner violence; female employment; public work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D19 J12 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2020-09-17
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