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Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration: Risk Factors and Consequences

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  • Karimi, Arizo

    (Uppsala Univeristy)

  • Niknami, Susan

    (SOFI, Stockholm University)

  • Ornstein, Petra

    (Uppsala University)

  • Sandberg, Anna

    (SOFI, Stockholm University)

  • Mühlrad, Hanna

    (Karolinska Institutet)

Abstract

Using large-scale Swedish administrative data, we study the risk factors and causal consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV perpetrators and victims are disproportionately drawn from disadvantaged backgrounds, and sibling correlations indicate that family background accounts for roughly one third of the variation in male IPV perpetration and female IPV victimization. Exploiting a matched difference-in-differences design, we document large persistent negative effects of IPV on victims' labor market outcomes and health, with the social welfare system more than offsetting earnings losses on average. Perpetrators experience sharp earnings declines and deteriorating health. Our findings suggest that IPV amplifies existing socioeconomic inequalities.

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  • Karimi, Arizo & Niknami, Susan & Ornstein, Petra & Sandberg, Anna & Mühlrad, Hanna, 2026. "Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration: Risk Factors and Consequences," IZA Discussion Papers 18742, IZA Network @ LISER.
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • 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
    • J17 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Value of Life; Foregone Income
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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