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

This study contributes to the literature on legal institutions and determinants of adult mortality. The paper explores the relationship between the presence of domestic violence legislation and women-to-men adult mortality rates. Using panel data f...

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Main Authors:	Amin, Mohammad, Islam, Asif, Lopez-Claros, Augusto
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	SANITATION INFANT MORTALITY RATES EMPOWERMENT ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE BENEFIT GENDER SPECIFIC MORTALITY REDUCTION GENDER INEQUALITY WAGE GAP URBANIZATION ABUSE SCHOOL ENROLMENT DEATHS QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE LAWS PARTNER UNITED NATIONS PROPERTY RIGHTS LAW ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE ALLOCATION LABOR FORCE SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION PUBLIC SERVICES MORTALITY RATES HEALTH CARE DEATH INTIMATE PARTNER HEALTH POLICY DISCUSSIONS ALCOHOL LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION WILL ACCESS TO HEALTH FEMALE MORTALITY CARE PROVISION HOSPITAL PARLIAMENTARY UNION PUBLIC HEALTH ADULT MORTALITY HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS RIGHTS OF WOMEN LABOR MARKET ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS DISEASES EQUAL TREATMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IMMUNIZATION GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT WIVES BOYS DEMOCRACY RAPE SECONDARY SCHOOL ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT VIOLENCE FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATIONS POOR HEALTH MALE LEGISLATION MORTALITY RATE MARRIAGE ADULT MEN SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT MORTALITY ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES STATUS OF WOMEN WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT FEMALE LABOR PROGRESS ALCOHOL ABUSE INFANT MORTALITY INFANT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY POLICIES WHO SOCIAL SERVICES HIV AGE POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER GENDER DIVORCE PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE VICTIMS POPULATION DENSITY URBAN AREAS STD PROPERTY GENDER- BASED VIOLENCE MEASLES EDUCATION OF WOMEN BULLETIN POLICY CHILD MORTALITY NUMBER OF WOMEN HUMAN LIFE FEMINIST ECONOMICS ADULT WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS CHILDREN MORTALITY RATIO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISEASE HUSBAND LEGAL PROTECTION HUMAN RESOURCES VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMINIST NUMBER OF DEATHS POPULATION PROPORTION OF WOMEN LAW GIRLS POLICY RESEARCH PHYSICAL VIOLENCE WOMEN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SEXUAL VIOLENCE MEDICAL FACILITIES URBAN POPULATION FEMALE WIFE RATIO OF WOMEN HEALTH SERVICES PEACE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION ERADICATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DEVELOPMENT POLICY INEQUALITY SANITATION FACILITIES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26178724/absent-laws-missing-women-can-domestic-violence-legislation-reduce-female-mortality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24164

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26178724/absent-laws-missing-women-can-domestic-violence-legislation-reduce-female-mortality
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24164

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

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