Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245601 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14550
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the relevance of gender norms in accounting for the incidence and intensity of domestic violence. We use data for 28 European countries from the 2012 EU survey on violence against women, and focus on first- and second-generation immigrant women. We find that, after controlling for country-of-residence fixed effects, as well as demographic characteristics and other source-country variables, higher gender equality in the country of ancestry is significantly associated with a lower risk of victimization in the host country. This suggests that gender norms may play an important role in explaining the incidence of intimate partner violence.
Subjects: 
immigrants
social norms
gender
domestic violence
epidemiological approach
JEL: 
I1
Z1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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