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dc.titleConditional Cash Transfers for Women and Spousal Violence: Evidence of the Long-Term Relationship from the Oportunidades Program in Rural Mexico
dc.contributor.authorBobonis, Gustavo J.
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorMorales, Juan S.
dc.contributor.orgunitInstitutional Capacity of State Division
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2015-10-30T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2015-10-26T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides evidence of the long-term relationship between male-to-female spousal violence and the Oportunidades conditional cash transfer program. It uses data from three nationally representative surveys that include detailed information on the prevalence of spousal abuse and threats of violence against women. Constructing comparable groups of beneficiary and nonbeneficiary households within each village to minimize potential selection biases, the present study finds that, in contrast to the short-run estimates, physical and emotional abuse rates over the long term do not differ significantly between existing beneficiary and nonbeneficiary couples. The paper examines possible causes for the difference, most importantly, the role that marital selection and the diffusion of norms rejecting intimate partner violence may play in explaining these effects.
dc.format.extent46
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.18235/0000201
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Conditional-Cash-Transfers-for-Women-and-Spousal-Violence-Evidence-of-the-Long-Term-Relationship-from-the-Oportunidades-Program-in-Rural-Mexico.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectConditional Cash Transfer
dc.subjectIncome Support
dc.subjectDomestic Violence
dc.subjectIntimate Partner Violence
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectPoverty Reduction
dc.subject.jelcodeD03 - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
dc.subject.jelcodeJ12 - Marriage • Marital Dissolution • Family Structure • Domestic Abuse
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.keywordsSpousal violence;Violence;Prospera program;Domestic violence;Oportunidades program;Progresa program;CCT;Intimate partner violence
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-K1365
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