Trade-offs? The Impact of WTO Accession on Intimate Partner Violence in Cambodia
研究柬埔寨加入WTO后，贸易导致的劳动力市场变化如何影响家庭内亲密伴侣暴力风险，发现男性就业下降和女性就业增加反而加剧了暴力。
Abstract We study the impact of trade-induced changes in labor market conditions on violence within the household. We exploit the local labor demand shocks generated by Cambodia’s WTO accession to assess how changes in the employment of women relative to men affected the risk of intimate partner violence. We document that men in districts facing larger tariff reductions experienced a significant decline in paid employment, whereas women in harder-hit districts increased their entry into the labor force. These changes in employment patterns triggered backlash effects by increasing intimate partner violence, without changes in marriage, fertility, psychological distress, or household consumption.