Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250619 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14958
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We leverage staggered implementation of lockdown across Chile's 346 municipalities, identifying dynamic impacts on domestic violence (DV). Using administrative data, we find lockdown imposition increases indicators of DV-related distress, while decreasing DV reports to the police. We identify male job loss as a mechanism driving distress, and female job loss as driving decreased reporting. Stimulus payments to poor households act on both margins, their impacts partially differentiated by lockdown status. Once lockdown is lifted, police reports surge but we see a ratchet effect in distress. Our findings accentuate the controversy around welfare impacts of lockdown mandates.
Subjects: 
public health
social safety net
domestic violence
COVID-19
JEL: 
J12
I38
H53
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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