Sexual Violence against Women and Labor Market Outcomes

Joseph J. Sabia, Angela Dills and Jeffrey DeSimone

American Economic Review, 2013, vol. 103, issue 3, 274-78

Abstract: This study is the first in the economics literature to explore the labor market consequences of sexual violence toward women. Using data from the Add Health, we find that sexual violence against women is associated with a 6.6 percent lower probability of labor force participation and 5.1 percent lower average wages. These estimates are robust to controls for unobserved heterogeneity at the school- and family-levels, as well as detailed controls for personality, personal discount rates, and risk preferences. We find that the adverse labor market effects of sexual violence are partially explained by its adverse psychological and physical consequences.

JEL-codes: I12 J16 J24 J31 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
Note: DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.274
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