Having a Daughter Reduces Male Violence Against a Partner

Vincent Somville

No 24/2019, Discussion Paper Series in Economics from Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics

Abstract: In a global sample of around 310,000 couples, men whose firstborn child is a girl (instead of a boy) are 10 percent less likely to strangle their partner each year. The probability that they kick, punch, or slap her also decreases by about 4 percent. These are causal effects under the assumption that the sex of the firstborn child is exogenous. Intimate partner violence has enormous costs, but is not yet fully understood. This paper reveals the importance of having daughters in regard to curbing male violence. It also contributes to the burgeoning literature on how children influence their parents.

Keywords: Fairness; inequality; violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 J13 J16 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2019-12-28
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