Cash transfers, polygamy, and intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Mali
Cash transfer programs primarily targeting women in Latin America and East Africa have been shown to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), but knowledge gaps remain on how impacts differ by program features and context. Using a randomized control trial, we investigate the IPV impacts of Mali's nat...
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| author | Heath, Rachel Hidrobo, Melissa Roy, Shalini |
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| description | Cash transfer programs primarily targeting women in Latin America and East Africa have been shown to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), but knowledge gaps remain on how impacts differ by program features and context. Using a randomized control trial, we investigate the IPV impacts of Mali's national cash transfer program (Jigisémèjiri), which targets household heads (primarily men) in a West African context where nearly 40 percent of households are polygamous. The program causes significant decreases in IPV in polygamous households – where physical violence decreases by 7.2 percentage points, emotional violence decreases by 12.6 percentage points, and controlling behaviors decrease by 16.1 percentage points -- but has limited effects in monogamous households. Evidence on mechanisms suggests that the program led to significant decreases in men's stress and anxiety among polygamous households, and larger reductions in disputes in polygamous households compared to monogamous households. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1426882025-02-24T06:46:59Z Cash transfers, polygamy, and intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Mali Heath, Rachel Hidrobo, Melissa Roy, Shalini stress gender randomized controlled trials social protection factor analysis targeting partnerships cash transfers domestic violence Cash transfer programs primarily targeting women in Latin America and East Africa have been shown to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), but knowledge gaps remain on how impacts differ by program features and context. Using a randomized control trial, we investigate the IPV impacts of Mali's national cash transfer program (Jigisémèjiri), which targets household heads (primarily men) in a West African context where nearly 40 percent of households are polygamous. The program causes significant decreases in IPV in polygamous households – where physical violence decreases by 7.2 percentage points, emotional violence decreases by 12.6 percentage points, and controlling behaviors decrease by 16.1 percentage points -- but has limited effects in monogamous households. Evidence on mechanisms suggests that the program led to significant decreases in men's stress and anxiety among polygamous households, and larger reductions in disputes in polygamous households compared to monogamous households. 2020-03-01 2024-05-22T12:10:53Z 2024-05-22T12:10:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142688 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146556 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148533 https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20150048 https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lky002 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293793 Open Access Elsevier Heath, Rachel; Hidrobo, Melissa; and Roy, Shalini. 2020. Cash transfers, polygamy, and intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Mali. Journal of Development Economics 143(March 2020): 102410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.102410 |
| spellingShingle | stress gender randomized controlled trials social protection factor analysis targeting partnerships cash transfers domestic violence Heath, Rachel Hidrobo, Melissa Roy, Shalini Cash transfers, polygamy, and intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Mali |
| title | Cash transfers, polygamy, and intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Mali |
| title_full | Cash transfers, polygamy, and intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Mali |
| title_fullStr | Cash transfers, polygamy, and intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Mali |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cash transfers, polygamy, and intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Mali |
| title_short | Cash transfers, polygamy, and intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Mali |
| title_sort | cash transfers polygamy and intimate partner violence experimental evidence from mali |
| topic | stress gender randomized controlled trials social protection factor analysis targeting partnerships cash transfers domestic violence |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142688 |
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