Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265168 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Quaderni - Working Paper DSE No. 1169
Publisher: 
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE), Bologna
Abstract: 
Exploiting high-frequency data from the Italian anti-violence helpline and a unique geolocalized dataset on killings of women, we show that the news coverage of a femicide triggers an increase in calls to the helpline. The effect is detectable in the week following the news and in the province where the femicide has occurred. These findings are consistent with a model in which the news of a femicide increase expectations about future intimate partner violence in case no call is made.
Subjects: 
Gender-based violence
Helpline
Intimate partner violence
Physical violence
Psychological violence
Sexual violence
JEL: 
I18
I38
J12
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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