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Paying for Violence? Spousal Abuse and Son Preference in India

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  • Shatanjaya Dasgupta
  • Erin K. Fletcher

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We find a puzzling correlation in the data on domestic violence and children’s outcomes in India. Using the 2005–2006 National Family and Health Survey, we see that girls in families experiencing spousal violence are less worse off than boys when only fathers report a son preference while the gender bias reverses when only mothers report having a son preference. To shed light on the puzzle in the data, we present a non-cooperative theoretical framework based in economic theories of domestic violence, whereby differing parental son preference and bargaining over investments in girl and boy children potentially explains the observed relationship.

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  • Shatanjaya Dasgupta & Erin K. Fletcher, 2018. "Paying for Violence? Spousal Abuse and Son Preference in India," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(7), pages 1217-1231, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:54:y:2018:i:7:p:1217-1231
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1366450
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    1. Debayan Pakrashi & Sarani Saha, 2024. "Intergenerational consequences of spousal violence: effect on nutritional status of children," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 22(1), pages 67-94, March.

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