socioeconomic factors such as income. We revisit the temperature-violence relationship and show that cash transfers attenuate one …

We study the relevance of gender norms in accounting for the incidence and intensity of domestic violence. We use data … for 28 European countries from the 2012 EU survey on violence against women, and focus on first- and second … and other source-country variables, higher gender equality in the country of ancestry is significantly associated with a …

make investments to overcome fear in the presence of economic incentives, I find that the effect of local violence on labor …

pattern for women. -- School shootings ; school performance ; shocking news ; gender differences ; treatment effect models …

We elicit adolescent girl's attitudes towards intimate partner violence and child marriage using purposefully collected … intimate partner violence and marriage before age eighteen. Responses to direct survey questions suggest that very few … adolescent girls in the study accept the practise of intimate partner violence or child marriage (5% and 2%). However, our list …

Australia conforms to the gender norm that women should earn less than their male partners. We investigate the impact … of violating this cultural norm on the incidence of domestic violence and emotional abuse against women and men in … Australia. Violating the male breadwinning norm results in a 35 per cent increase in the likelihood of partner violence and a 20 …

seizures, random mandatory drug test results, various measures of harm, violence, and causes of death. I first document a large … increase in NPS availability and an alarming correlation with the steep rise in harm and violence behind bars. I then evaluate … in violence, self-harm, and suicides following the law. Collectively, the findings suggest unwarranted responses to …

This paper studies economic effects of the gender composition of corporate boards, employing a new and unique …. Using multiple identification approaches, alternative measures of gender diversity, and several performance indicators, we … find some evidence that companies with gender-diverse boards have higher market values and better profitability. These …