Absent laws and missing women: Can domestic violence legislation reduce female mortality?

Mohammad Amin, Asif Islam and Augusto Lopez‐Claros

Review of Development Economics, 2021, vol. 25, issue 4, 2113-2132

Abstract: This study explores the relationship between the presence of domestic violence legislation and the adult mortality of women relative to men. Using a panel of 159 economies between 1990 and 2014, domestic violence legislation is found to be associated with a lower women‐to‐men adult mortality ratio. The most conservative estimate suggests a 2.3% decline relative to the mean sample value. These findings are extended to show that domestic violence legislation is also negatively correlated with physical violence by intimate partners for a cross‐section of economies. Sensitivity analyses reveal that the findings are robust to different estimation methods and empirical specifications.

Date: 2021
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