Transfers, Behavior Change Communication, and Intimate Partner Violence: Postprogram Evidence from Rural Bangladesh

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Roy, Shalini; Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoddinott, John; Ahmed, Akhter
• 署名单位: CGIAR; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Cornell University
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00791
• 发表日期: 2019-12
• 页码: 865-877
• 关键词: domestic violence; womens empowerment; individual-level; credit programs; PREVALENCE; multicountry; pathways; GENDER; HEALTH; roles

摘要

Transfer programs have been shown to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), but little evidence exists on how activities linked to transfers affect IPV or what happens when programs end. We assess postprogram impacts on IPV of randomly assigning women in Bangladesh to receive cash or food, with or without nutrition behavior change communication (BCC). Six to ten months postprogram, IPV did not differ between women receiving transfers and a control group; however, women receiving transfers with BCC experienced 26% less physical violence. Evidence on mechanisms suggests sustained effects of BCC on women's threat points, men's social costs of violence, and household well-being.