Stigma of sexual violence and women's decision to work
Stigma of sexual violence and women's decision to work
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DOI：
10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.10.031
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发表时间：
2018-03-01
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Saha, Sarani
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作者：
Chakraborty, Tanika;Mukherjee, Anirban;Saha, Sarani
我们的研究是由两个令人不安的证据有关妇女在印度。一方面，针对妇女的犯罪在上升，另一方面，妇女的劳动力参与率在过去三十年中一直在下降。我们估计WLFPR的下降在多大程度上可以归因于针对妇女的犯罪案件的增加。我们认为，对妇女的犯罪增加，增加了非金钱成本的旅行工作，特别是在传统社会的性犯罪受害者的耻辱标记。我们的研究结果表明，在对女孩的性骚扰威胁更高的地区，女性不太可能离家工作。该估计对各种敏感性检查是稳健的。此外，犯罪的威慑作用一方面与工作的机会成本有关，另一方面与性犯罪的耻辱成本有关。(C)2017爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有
Our study is motivated by two disturbing evidences concerning women in India. On one hand, crime against women is on the rise while on the other, women's labor force participation rate (WLFPR) has been declining over the last three decades. We estimate the extent to which the decline in WLFPR can be assigned to increasing instances of crime against women. We argue that an increase in crime against women, increases the non-pecuniary costs of traveling to work, particularly in a traditional society marked by stigma against victims of sexual crimes. Our findings suggest that women are less likely to work away from home in regions where the perceived threat of sexual harassment against girls is higher. The estimate is robust to various sensitivity checks. Moreover, the deterrence effect of crime responds to the opportunity cost of work on one hand and the stigma cost of sexual crimes on the other. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.