Do disasters always increase intimate partner violence?
We examine how a severe earthquake changed attitudes about and the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Papua New Guinea. Although there are several reasons why disasters can aggravate IPV, we illustrate a large decline in the acceptability of IPV among men in disaster-affected regions a...
| Publicado en: | Oxford Economic Papers Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 437 - 466 |
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