Domestic violence, decision-making power, and female employment in Colombia
Domestic violence, decision-making power, and female employment in Colombia
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DOI：
10.1007/s11150-020-09491-1
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发表时间：
2020-06-29
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Fajardo-Gonzalez, Johanna
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作者：
Fajardo-Gonzalez, Johanna
使用哥伦比亚人口和健康调查的数据，我记录了亲密伴侣对妇女的暴力行为与妇女就业可能性之间的正相关关系。当我利用丈夫自己童年的虐待经历作为家庭暴力发生率的一个看似合理的外生变异的来源时，这一发现仍然存在。为了探索这种关联背后的潜在机制，我使用了存在中间混杂因素的中介分析。我发现了一些有启发性的证据，表明女性的决策权--通过积极参与家庭和医疗保健决策来衡量--以及离婚意愿的衡量标准，很可能是调停因素。我认为，受虐待的女性可能会通过工作来提高经济独立性，并有可能退出虐待关系。
Using data from the Colombian Demographic and Health Survey, I document a positive association between intimate partner violence against women and the likelihood of women's employment. This finding persists when I exploit the husband's own childhood experience of abuse as a source of plausibly exogenous variation for the incidence of domestic violence. To explore potential mechanisms underlying this association, I use a mediation analysis in the presence of intermediate confounders. I find suggestive evidence that a woman's decision-making power-measured by active input in household and healthcare decisions-as well as a measure for willingness to divorce are likely mediators. I argue that abused women may hold jobs to increase their economic independence and potentially exit abusive relationships.