Conditional Cash Transfers and Gender-Based Violence : Does the Type of Violence Matter?
The relationship between intimate partner violence and cash transfer programs has been extensively researched, with a consensus that cash transfers are most likely to reduce intimate partner violence. This study uses a regression discontinuity desi...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC : World Bank
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099856507072222123/IDU09733c89b0f84e0492609f970a1b1fb55ce51 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37667 |
| Summary: | The relationship between intimate
partner violence and cash transfer programs has been
extensively researched, with a consensus that cash transfers
are most likely to reduce intimate partner violence. This
study uses a regression discontinuity design to examine the
effects of a conditional cash transfer program in the
Philippines on three types of gender-based violence: (i)
intimate partner violence, (ii) domestic violence by
non-partners (such as husband's relatives), and (iii)
violence outside home. Although the study finds no
significant change in intimate partner violence or violence
outside of home, it finds a measurable decline in
non-partner domestic violence. The study also examines
mediating channels through which conditional cash transfers
may affect gender-based violence, proposed in earlier
literature, namely: (i) stress reduction due to higher
income, (ii) increase in women’s empowerment, (iii) increase
in women's bargaining power, and (iv) strengthened
social networks. The findings provide suggestive evidence of
changes in all four mitigating channels. This evidence
confirms the potential of conditional cash transfer programs
to mitigate gender-based violence beyond intimate partner
violence, but indicate that depending on the context,
additional interventions may be needed to address specific
types of gender-based violence. |
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