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Conditional Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence among Mexican Couples: the Impact of Oportunidades on Psychological Abuse Prevalence

Garcia Aisa, Martina LU (2014) EKHM52 20141
Department of Economic History
Abstract
Existing economic literature demonstrates that gender-oriented conditional cash transfer programs modify women’s economic opportunities and consequently, their power status within their households. Nonetheless, these studies are not conclusive in determining whether or not this improved position of power has the potential to significantly alter the chances of women to suffer from intimate partner violence. By applying a series of difference-in-differences and propensity score matching techniques to data on the Mexican Family Life Survey, this paper investigates the impact of the Mexican program Oportunidades on a novel indicator of emotional abuse among intimate partners. Results demonstrate that women in households that are eligible for... (More)
Existing economic literature demonstrates that gender-oriented conditional cash transfer programs modify women’s economic opportunities and consequently, their power status within their households. Nonetheless, these studies are not conclusive in determining whether or not this improved position of power has the potential to significantly alter the chances of women to suffer from intimate partner violence. By applying a series of difference-in-differences and propensity score matching techniques to data on the Mexican Family Life Survey, this paper investigates the impact of the Mexican program Oportunidades on a novel indicator of emotional abuse among intimate partners. Results demonstrate that women in households that are eligible for participation into Oportunidades are less likely to suffer from psychological violence by the hands of their couples, an effect that becomes even stronger when those households actually participate into the program. When assessing the potential heterogeneity of such an impact, however, this relationship appears to exclusively hold within the urban setting. (Less)
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author
Garcia Aisa, Martina LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHM52 20141
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Oportunidades/Progresa, contraceptives, intimate partner violence, decision-making power, conditional cash transfers, women
language
English
id
4499414
date added to LUP
2014-07-03 10:37:55
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2014-07-03 10:37:55
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  abstract     = {{Existing economic literature demonstrates that gender-oriented conditional cash transfer programs modify women’s economic opportunities and consequently, their power status within their households. Nonetheless, these studies are not conclusive in determining whether or not this improved position of power has the potential to significantly alter the chances of women to suffer from intimate partner violence. By applying a series of difference-in-differences and propensity score matching techniques to data on the Mexican Family Life Survey, this paper investigates the impact of the Mexican program Oportunidades on a novel indicator of emotional abuse among intimate partners. Results demonstrate that women in households that are eligible for participation into Oportunidades are less likely to suffer from psychological violence by the hands of their couples, an effect that becomes even stronger when those households actually participate into the program. When assessing the potential heterogeneity of such an impact, however, this relationship appears to exclusively hold within the urban setting.}},
  author       = {{Garcia Aisa, Martina}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Conditional Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence among Mexican Couples: the Impact of Oportunidades on Psychological Abuse Prevalence}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}