Women’s type of property ownership and domestic violence: a theoretical note

Emin Gahramanov, Khusrav Gaibulloev and Javed Younas
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Javed Younas: American University of Sharjah

Review of Economics of the Household, 2021, vol. 19, issue 1, No 11, 223-232

Abstract: Abstract We examine the impact of women’s ownership of property on domestic violence. Based on the “Work-In-Household” framework developed in Grossbard (1976, 2015, 2020) and Grossbard-Shechtman (1984), we argue that domestic violence could be related to whether women own their own property or couples own joint property. In particular, private ownership of property by a married woman may reduce her supply of household services to her husband in the absence of domestic violence. To compel a higher supply of household services, the husband might use violence and coercion. In contrast, joint property ownership may act as a type of compensation inducing women to voluntarily supply more household production labor, thereby lowering the chances that men use violence to force women to supply such labor.

Keywords: WIHO model; Domestic violence; Property ownership; Women’s empowerment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 J12 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/s11150-021-09544-z

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