Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration: Risk Factors and Consequences

Arizo Karimi, Susan Niknami, Petra Ornstein, Anna Sandberg and Mühlrad, Hanna ()
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Arizo Karimi: Uppsala Univeristy
Susan Niknami: SOFI, Stockholm University
Petra Ornstein: Uppsala University
Anna Sandberg: SOFI, Stockholm University
Mühlrad, Hanna: Karolinska Institutet

No 18742, IZA Discussion Papers from IZA Network @ LISER

Abstract: Using large-scale Swedish administrative data, we study the risk factors and causal consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV perpetrators and victims are disproportionately drawn from disadvantaged backgrounds, and sibling correlations indicate that family background accounts for roughly one third of the variation in male IPV perpetration and female IPV victimization. Exploiting a matched difference-in-differences design, we document large persistent negative effects of IPV on victims’ labor market outcomes and health, with the social welfare system more than offsetting earnings losses on average. Perpetrators experience sharp earnings declines and deteriorating health. Our findings suggest that IPV amplifies existing socioeconomic inequalities.

Keywords: intimate partner violence; gender inequality; labor supply; mental health; crime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I14 I15 J12 J16 J17 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-06
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