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Health, Human Capital, and Domestic Violence

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  • Nicholas W. Papageorge
  • Gwyn C. Pauley
  • Mardge Cohen
  • Tracey E. Wilson
  • Barton H. Hamilton
  • Robert A. Pollak

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We treat health as a form of human capital and hypothesize that women with more human capital face stronger incentives to make costly investments with future payoffs, such as avoiding abusive partners and reducing drug use. To test this hypothesis, we exploit the unanticipated introduction of an HIV treatment, HAART, which dramatically improved HIV+ women’s health. We find that after the introduction of HAART HIV+ women who experienced increases in expected longevity exhibited a decrease in domestic violence of 15 percent and in drug use of 15–20 percent. We rule out confounding via secular trends using a control group of healthier women.

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  • Nicholas W. Papageorge & Gwyn C. Pauley & Mardge Cohen & Tracey E. Wilson & Barton H. Hamilton & Robert A. Pollak, 2021. "Health, Human Capital, and Domestic Violence," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 56(4), pages 997-1030.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:56:y:2021:i:4:p:997-1030
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/jhr.56.4.1115-7543R5
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    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • O39 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Other

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