The gender wage gap and domestic violence

Aizer, Anna

doi:10.1257/aer.100.4.1847

Cited by 828Intimate Partner and Family ViolenceGender, Labor, and Family DynamicsLabor market dynamics and wage inequality

The gender wage gap and domestic violence

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Aizer, Anna·2010·American Economic Review

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Three quarters of all violence against women is perpetrated by domestic partners. This study exploits exogenous changes in the demand for labor in female-dominated industries to estimate the impact of the male-female wage gap on domestic violence. Decreases in the wage gap reduce violence against women, consistent with a household bargaining model. These findings shed new light on the health production process as well as observed income gradients in health and suggest that in addition to addressing concerns of equity and efficiency, pay parity can also improve the health of American women via reductions in violence. (JEL D13, I12, J16, J23, J31)

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When adverse structural conditions are reduced through economic or legislative changes, individual-level risk factors may matter less or may cease to matter entirely.
“And when these adverse structural conditions are mitigated through economic36 or legislative37, 38 changes, the individual-level risk factors might matter less or (in the extreme, e.g. in settings of perfect gender equality) might cease to matter entirely.”
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The Conclusion reports that narrowing the gender wage gap reduces violence against women, supporting the economic-change example. The paper does not examine whether individual-level risk factors become less important or cease to matter as structural conditions improve. The legislative-change citations are separate from this source. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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Authors: Aizer, A.
Affiliations: Brown University (US)
Corresponding author: Aizer, Anna
ORCID: Aizer, Anna
Venue: American Economic Review
Publisher: American Economic Association
Published: 2010-09-01
Volume: 100
Issue: 4
Pages: 1847-1859
ISSN: 0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.4.1847
PMC: PMC4123456
OpenAlex: W2010262933
Cited by: 828
References: 28
Citations by year: 2026: 74 · 2025: 75 · 2024: 85 · 2023: 75 · 2022: 83 · 2021: 86 · 2020: 69 · 2019: 40 · 2018: 46 · 2017: 54 · 2016: 33 · 2015: 32 · 2014: 22 · 2013: 29 · 2012: 8
FWCI: 16.96
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Locations: American Economic Review (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R03HD051808, R24HD041020)
Topics: Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Keywords: gender pay gap, domestic violence, violence against women, female-dominated industries, labor demand, equal pay, women's health, external shocks
MeSH terms: Black or African American, Employment, Female, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Income, Risk Factors, Salaries and Fringe Benefits, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Domestic Violence, Battered Women, Pregnant People, White People

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