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Can Transfers and Complementary Nutrition Programming Reduce Intimate Partner Violence Four Years Post-Program? Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh

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  • Shalini Roy
  • Melissa Hidrobo
  • John Hoddinott
  • Bastien Kolt
  • Akhter Ahmed

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Little is known about whether reductions in intimate partner violence (IPV) from transfer programs persist. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that women in rural Bangladesh who received cash transfers with complementary nutrition programming (including group-based training, home visits, and community meetings) experienced sustained reductions in IPV four years after the program ended. Neither cash transfers alone, nor food transfers with or without complementary nutrition programming, showed sustained impacts on IPV. Evidence suggests that cash with complementary nutrition programming sustained IPV reductions through persistent increases in women’s bargaining power, costs to men of perpetrating violence, and men’s emotional well-being.

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  • Shalini Roy & Melissa Hidrobo & John Hoddinott & Bastien Kolt & Akhter Ahmed, 2024. "Can Transfers and Complementary Nutrition Programming Reduce Intimate Partner Violence Four Years Post-Program? Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 59(6), pages 1714-1740.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:59:y:2024:i:6:p:1714-1740
    Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0720-11014R2
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    JEL classification:

    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General

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