Violence has a striking gender pattern. Men are more likely to be attacked by a stranger, while women experience … violence mostly from their partners. This paper estimates the costs of violence against women in terms of intangible outcomes …, such as women’s reproductive health, labor supply, and the welfare of their children. The study uses a sample of nearly 83 …

Every day, three women are murdered in the United States by a current or former partner. Yet policy action to prevent … crimes against women in the developing world. This paper investigates whether the election of a female politician reduces the …

Recent contributions using police recorded calls-for-service and/or crime data to estimate impacts of COVID-19 …

We study the effects of integrated social services on the utilization and subjective life satisfaction of women in El … environment for women. These integrated services could boost demand by reducing the cost of access, improving quality and … exploiting complementarities in service provision. Using a randomized encouragement design, 4,062 women in the vicinity of three …

Colombian manufacturing firms, by extending a CDM model to include women’s participation in science, technology and innovation … endogeneity issues of women’s participation in STI and innovation behavior. An upward bias of the impact of gender diversity on … women in STI. The paper addresses the endogeneity concerns with a Tobit specification of the firm’s decision to employ women …