Can Transfers and Complementary Nutrition Programming Reduce Intimate Partner Violence Four Years Post-Program? Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh

Shalini Roy, Melissa Hidrobo, John Hoddinott, Bastien Kolt and Akhter Ahmed ()

Journal of Human Resources, 2024, vol. 59, issue 6, 1714-1740

Abstract: Little is known about whether reductions in intimate partner violence (IPV) from transfer programs persist. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that women in rural Bangladesh who received cash transfers with complementary nutrition programming (including group-based training, home visits, and community meetings) experienced sustained reductions in IPV four years after the program ended. Neither cash transfers alone, nor food transfers with or without complementary nutrition programming, showed sustained impacts on IPV. Evidence suggests that cash with complementary nutrition programming sustained IPV reductions through persistent increases in women’s bargaining power, costs to men of perpetrating violence, and men’s emotional well-being.

JEL-codes: D10 I38 J12 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0720-11014R2
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