Women’s economic empowerment and intimate partner violence
利用瑞典行政数据，研究发现女性潜在相对收入提高会增加因袭击就医的概率，尤其对议价能力低的女性影响更大，且部分原因是就医行为增加而非暴力本身增多。
This study explores the relationship between women’s economic empowerment and intimate partner violence (IPV), measured as women’s hospital visits for assault. Using longitudinal Swedish administrative data, I proxy women’s economic empowerment with a measure of potential relative earnings of married spouses caused by local changes in gender-specific labour demand. The findings reveal that an increase in potential relative earnings increases the probability of women’s hospital visits for injuries caused by assault, and the effect is particularly pronounced for women with low baseline bargaining power. Furthermore, exploiting detailed information on type of hospital visit, diagnosis and medical actions taken at the hospital, I show that the increase in hospital visits for assault is, at least in part, driven by an increase in care-seeking for IPV-related injuries rather than an increase in IPV itself. • Individual-level data on potential relative earnings and hospital visits for injuries caused by assault. • Women’s economic empowerment increase their risk of hospital visits for assault. • Effect particularly pronounced for women with low bargaining power. • Results driven by increased care-seeking for less severe injuries.