Episode 96: Andreas Kotsadam on jobs and intimate partner violence

Probable Causation

Andreas Kotsadam talks about how giving women jobs affects intimate partner violence in Ethiopia.

“Jobs and Intimate Partner Violence - Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ethiopia” by Andreas Kotsada and Espen Villanger.

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OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• “The Gender Wage Gap and Domestic Violence” by Anna Aizer.

• “Unemployment and Domestic Violence: Theory and Evidence” by Dan Anderberg, Helmut Rainer, Jonathan Wadsworth, and Tanya Wilson.

• “Women’s Access to the Labour Market and Domestic Violence: Causal Evidence from Mexico” by Manuel Davila.

• “Family Types and Intimate Partner Violence: A Historical Perspective” by Ana Tur-Prats.

• Episode 17 of Probable Causation: Ana Tur-Prats.

• “A Mixed-Method Review of Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries” by Ana Maria Buller, Amber Peterman, Meghan Ranganathan, Alexandra Bleile, Melissa Hidrobo, and Lori Heise.

• “Theoretical Underpinnings and Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Cash Transfers on Intimate Partner Violence in Low-and Middle-Income Countries” by Victoria Baranov, Lisa Cameron, Diana Contreras Suarez, and Claire Thibout.

• “The Impacts of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Work on Income and Health: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia” by Christopher Blattman and Stefan Dercon.

• “Statistical Analysis of List Experiments” by Graeme Blair and Kosuke Imai.

• “The Comparative Impact of Cash Transfer and Psychotherapy on Psychological and Economic Well-being” by Johannes Haushofer, Robert Mudida, and Jeremy Shapiro.

• “Backlash: Female Economic Empowerment and Domestic Violence” by Sanna Bergvall.

• “Paid Work for Women and Domestic Violence: Evidence from the Rwanda Coffee Mills” by Deniz Sanin.

• “The Dynamics of Abusive Relationships” by Abi Adams-Prassl, Kristiina Huttunen, Emily Nix, and Ning Zhang.

• “Sexual Harassment in Public Spheres and Police Patrolling: Experimental Evidence from Urban India” by Sofia Amaral, Girija Borker, Nathan Fiala, Anjani Kumar, Nishith Prakash and Maria Micaela Sviatschi. [Draft available from the authors upon request].

• Episode 85 of Probable Causation: Sofia Amaral.

• “Cultural Distance and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence” by Eleonora Guarnieri and Ana Tur-Prats.

• “Violence Against Women at Work” by Abi Adams-Prassl, Kristiina Huttunen, Emily Nix, and Ning Zhang.

• Episode 87 of Probable Causation: Emily Nix