Irrigation and Intimate Partner Violence in India
研究提出并检验了灌溉农业的历史与印度亲密伴侣暴力发生率正相关的假设，发现壤土会强化这一关联，机制是灌溉导致女性社会孤立和暴力文化被接受。
This paper proposes and tests the hypotheses that (i) a legacy of irrigation agriculture is associated with a greater prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV); and (ii) the presence of loamy soils strengthens this association. The proposed mechanisms are that irrigation agriculture has resulted in a tendency for women to be socially isolated and a cultural acceptance of IPV. We use individual survey data from India and an exogenous measure of historical irrigation. We find empirical support for our hypotheses and proposed mechanisms.