Calendrier du 26 octobre 2018
Casual Friday Development Seminar - Brown Bag Seminar
Du 26/10/2018 de 12:45 à 13:45
Salle R2.01, 48 Bd Jourdan 75014 Paris
SALDARRIAGA Víctor (PSE)
A Drop of Love? Rainfall Shocks and Spousal Abuse: Evidence from Rural Peru
Do women suffer more abuse from their partners during times of economic hardship? We address this inquiry by exploring whether and how exposure to rainfall shocks affects violence against women in rural Peru, where agriculture constitutes the main economic activity and crop yields largely depend on weather realizations. We fi nd sizable impacts: exposure to an event of drought (but not flood) during the last rainy season increases the prevalence of physical violence perpetrated by male partners against women by 65 percent. Moreover, we find that women are 60 percent more likely to suffer physical trauma from the abuse -- a result that is caused by the experience of more frequent, but not more severe, violent acts. These results may be explained by two underlying mechanisms: a decline in the time couples spend together that results from changes in spouses' employment patterns and that increases suspicion towards women and an increase in stress levels that leads to undesired behaviors such as alcohol-use disorders and alcohol-related aggressions from men.
Behavior Working Group
Du 26/10/2018 de 10:00 à 10:45
MSE S/18
WANG Olivier (NYU Stern)
Information curse in financial forecasting