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Economic analyses on the cost of Gender-Based Violence in Namibia

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  • Breuer, Saskia

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Violence against women is acknowledged globally as a fundamental human rights violation. Gender-Based Violence [GBV] is prevalent across high, middle, and low-income countries. It produces high economic costs in terms of expenditures on service provisions, lost income, and decreased productivity, including adverse consequences on future human capital formation for women and their families. This paper aims to make a significant contribution to the discussion through the conceptual mapping of the links between GBV and its economic impact. It reviews costing methods and identifies types of costs that potentially can be estimated given the different degrees of data availability. This study which is based on 2018 data, argues strongly for a focus on assessing the financial consequences of GBV, as it comprises a crucial element of economic growth. The empirical estimation suggests that this impact is significant, and in the case of Namibia, this cost is equivalent to 6.01 per cent of GDP in 2018.

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  • Breuer, Saskia, 2021. "Economic analyses on the cost of Gender-Based Violence in Namibia," ZÖSS-Discussion Papers 86, University of Hamburg, Centre for Economic and Sociological Studies (CESS/ZÖSS).
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:cessdp:86
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    Keywords

    Geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt; GBV; QALY; WTP; gender-based violence;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • 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
    • O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries

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