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Spousal beliefs and intimate partner violence: Are we conditioned to internalize patriarchal norms?

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  • Mookerjee, Mehreen
  • Ojha, Manini
  • Roy, Sanket

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We examine the effect of spousal beliefs about violence as a justified behaviour on the incidence of intimate partner violence using nationally representative survey data for India. Utilizing an Instrumental Variable approach, we exploit plausibly exogenous variation in individual’s exposure to parental violence as instruments to identify the causal effects. We find that both women’s and men’s inherent beliefs justifying “wife beating” exposes women to a higher probability of IPV compared to their counterparts who do not justify such behaviour respectively. Furthermore, the marginal effect of a woman’s beliefs appear to be greater than that of men’s beliefs thereof.

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  • Mookerjee, Mehreen & Ojha, Manini & Roy, Sanket, 2021. "Spousal beliefs and intimate partner violence: Are we conditioned to internalize patriarchal norms?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 202(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:202:y:2021:i:c:s0165176521000884
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109811
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    Keywords

    Beliefs; Attitudes; Social norms; Intimate partner violence; India;
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    JEL classification:

    • C36 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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