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The Gender Wage Gap and Domestic Violence
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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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- 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)
- PMC
- PMC4123456
- OpenAlex
- W2010262933
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- 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)
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- 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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