Women's Access to Labor Market Opportunities, Control of Household Resources, and Domestic Violence

Women's Access to Labor Market Opportunities, Control of Household Resources, and Domestic Violence

While there are many positive societal implications of increased female labor force opportunities, some theoretical models and empirical evidence suggest that working can increase a woman's risk of suffering domestic violence. Using a dataset...

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Main Author:	Heath, Rachel
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT GIRLS AGE AT MARRIAGE AGE OF MENARCHE ALCOHOL ALCOHOL ABUSE BEATING BIRTH CONTROL BREASTFEEDING BULLETIN CARE PROVIDERS CHILD HEALTH CHILDBEARING CONTROL OVER RESOURCES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EARLY MARRIAGE EARLY MARRIAGE AMONG WOMEN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATED WOMEN EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES FEMALE FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE WORK FEMALE WORKERS FEMALES FEWER CHILDREN FIRST MARRIAGE GENDER GENDER BALANCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER ROLES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND HUSBANDS INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES INTIMATE PARTNER INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE LABOR MARKET LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVES OF WOMEN LOW AGE AT MARRIAGE MARITAL VIOLENCE MARRIAGE AGE MARRIAGES MARRIED WOMEN MEDICINE MIGRANT MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MOBILIZATION OF WOMEN MOTHERS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION PATRIARCHY PHYSICAL ABUSE PHYSICAL VIOLENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION COUNCIL POPULATION STUDIES POWER OF WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE PUBLIC SERVICES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT SEX SKILLED WOMEN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS SPOUSAL ABUSE SPOUSAL VIOLENCE SPOUSES STD TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES TV UNEDUCATED WOMEN UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME URBAN POPULATION VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE AT HOME VIOLENCE VICTIMS WAGE GAP WED WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN WORKERS WOMEN'S STATUS WOMENS STATUS WORK EXPERIENCE WORK SCHEDULES WORKING WOMEN WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG AGE YOUNG MARRIED GIRLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16543273/womens-access-labor-market-opportunities-control-household-resources-domestic-violence http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11987

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16543273/womens-access-labor-market-opportunities-control-household-resources-domestic-violence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11987

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