Absent Laws and Missing Women : Can Domestic Violence Legislation Reduce Female Mortality?

Amin, Mohammad ; Islam, Asif ; Lopez-Claros, Augusto

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: SANITATION;    INFANT MORTALITY RATES;    EMPOWERMENT;    ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE;    BENEFIT;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-7622
RP-ID  :  WPS7622

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This study contributes to the literatureon legal institutions and determinants of adult mortality.The paper explores the relationship between the presence ofdomestic violence legislation and women-to-men adultmortality rates. Using panel data for about 95 economiesbetween 1990 and 2012, the analysis finds that havingdomestic violence legislation leads to lower women-to-menadult mortality rates. According to conservativeestimations, domestic violence legislation would have savedabout 33 million women between 1990 and 2012. The negativerelationship between domestic violence legislation andwomen-to-men adult mortality rates is robust to severalchecks and also confirmed using the instrumental variables approach.