Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/146440 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-632
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
This paper provides evidence of the long-term relationship between male-to-female spousal violence and the Oportunidades conditional cash transfer program. It uses data from three nationally representative surveys that include detailed information on the prevalence of spousal abuse and threats of violence against women. Constructing comparable groups of beneficiary and nonbeneficiary households within each village to minimize potential selection biases, the present study finds that, in contrast to the short-run estimates, physical and emotional abuse rates over the long term do not differ significantly between existing beneficiary and nonbeneficiary couples. The paper examines possible causes for the difference, most importantly, the role that marital selection and the diffusion of norms rejecting intimate partner violence may play in explaining these effects.
Subjects: 
domestic violence
CCT
Mexico
spousal violence
intimate partner violence
violence
Prospera program
Progresa program
Oportunidades program
JEL: 
D03
J12
J16
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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