Absent Laws and Missing Women : Can Domestic Violence Legislation Reduce Female Mortality?

This study contributes to the literature on legal institutions and determinants of adult mortality. The paper explores the relationship between the presence of domestic violence legislation and women-to-men adult mortality rates. Using panel data for about 95 economies between 1990 and 2012, the analysis finds that having domestic violence legislation leads to lower women-to-men adult mortality rates. According to conservative estimations, domestic violence legislation would have saved about 33 million women between 1990 and 2012. The negative relationship between domestic violence legislation and women-to-men adult mortality rates is robust to several checks and also confirmed using the instrumental variables approach.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Amin, Mohammad, Islam, Asif, Lopez-Claros, Augusto
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016-04
Subjects:	SANITATION, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, EMPOWERMENT, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, BENEFIT, GENDER SPECIFIC, MORTALITY REDUCTION, GENDER INEQUALITY, WAGE GAP, URBANIZATION, ABUSE, SCHOOL ENROLMENT, DEATHS, QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE, LAWS, PARTNER, UNITED NATIONS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, LAW ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, LABOR FORCE, SERVICES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISCRIMINATION, PUBLIC SERVICES, MORTALITY RATES, HEALTH CARE, DEATH, INTIMATE PARTNER, HEALTH, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, ALCOHOL, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, WILL, ACCESS TO HEALTH, FEMALE MORTALITY, CARE PROVISION, HOSPITAL, PARLIAMENTARY UNION, PUBLIC HEALTH, ADULT MORTALITY, HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS, RIGHTS OF WOMEN, LABOR MARKET, ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, DISEASES, EQUAL TREATMENT, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, IMMUNIZATION, GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, WIVES, BOYS, DEMOCRACY, RAPE, SECONDARY SCHOOL, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, VIOLENCE, FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, DISCRIMINATIONS, POOR HEALTH, MALE, LEGISLATION, MORTALITY RATE, MARRIAGE, ADULT MEN, SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT, MORTALITY, ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, STATUS OF WOMEN, WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT, FEMALE LABOR, PROGRESS, ALCOHOL ABUSE, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, POLICIES, WHO, SOCIAL SERVICES, HIV, AGE, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, GENDER, DIVORCE, PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE, VICTIMS, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN AREAS, STD, PROPERTY, GENDER- BASED VIOLENCE, MEASLES, EDUCATION OF WOMEN, BULLETIN, POLICY, CHILD MORTALITY, NUMBER OF WOMEN, HUMAN LIFE, FEMINIST ECONOMICS, ADULT WOMEN, HUMAN RIGHTS, CHILDREN, MORTALITY RATIO, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, DISEASE, HUSBAND, LEGAL PROTECTION, HUMAN RESOURCES, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, FEMALE LABOR FORCE, FEMINIST, NUMBER OF DEATHS, POPULATION, PROPORTION OF WOMEN, LAW, GIRLS, POLICY RESEARCH, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, WOMEN, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, MEDICAL FACILITIES, URBAN POPULATION, FEMALE, WIFE, RATIO OF WOMEN, HEALTH SERVICES, PEACE, FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, ERADICATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, INEQUALITY, SANITATION FACILITIES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26178724/absent-laws-missing-women-can-domestic-violence-legislation-reduce-female-mortality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24164
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