Information and Behavioral Responses with More than One Agent: The Case of Domestic Violence Awareness Campaigns

Jorge Agüero

No 2019-04, Working papers from University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Abstract: Behavioral interventions often provide information to help improve outcomes and many focus on settings with only one decision maker. We explore the case where two agents have opposed goals and show that information campaigns worsen outcomes. Using exogenous variation in the intensity of nationwide awareness campaigns to reduce violence against women in Peru, we show that these efforts led to more violence including more killings of women. An increase in the controlling behaviors of husbands during those months is identified as a possible mechanism. These findings question the efficacy of such campaigns on the short-term reduction of violence.

Keywords: domestic violence; health information; backlash (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 J12 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2019-03
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