Does Knowledge Empower? Education, Legal Awareness, and Intimate Partner Violence.

This article exploits the rollout of the 1997 Basic Education Program in Turkey, a reform that extended compulsory school attendance, to estimate the causal effects of education on women's awareness of laws designed to reduce gender inequality and prevent domestic violence. The study implements a re...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Feminist Economics Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 29 - 60
Main Authors:	Erten, Bilge, Keskin, Pinar
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2022
Subjects:	Domestic violence laws Intimate partner violence Compulsory education Domestic violence Women's education Abusive relationships Awareness Women household employees Türkiye
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost