Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/211452 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 2501
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
A subject of great relevance, but little studied in Brazil, concerns the effect of female participation in the labor market (PFMT) on domestic violence. In this article, we try to understand this question from a reflection on two polar literatures based on economic rationality and patriarchal theory, which reach opposite conclusions. Additionally, based on PNAD/IBGE data from 2009, we examined empirically the effects of PFMT on the violence perpetrated not only by the spouse but also by the former spouse. In order to overcome the potential problems of endogeneity, we used a probit model with instrumental variables, in which the instrument for the participation of women in the labor market was based on the number of places in kindergartens and pre-schools in the locality where they live.
Subjects: 
domestic violence
Brazil
job Market
rationality
patriarchy
JEL: 
J15
J16
K42
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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