Do spouses negotiate in the shadow of the law? Evidence from unilateral divorce, suicides, and homicides in Mexico

Lauren Hoehn-Velasco and Adan Silverio-Murillo

Economics Letters, 2020, vol. 187, issue C

Abstract: We find that state-level no-fault divorce reforms in Mexico had no impact on female suicide or homicide rates. Unlike in high-income countries (Stevenson and Wolfers (2006), Brassiolo (2016)), in Mexico, women appear unable to escape abusive marriages through a divorce.

Keywords: No-fault divorce; Suicides; Homicides; Intimate partner violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 J12 K36 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108891

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