Economic abuse: A theory of intrahousehold sabotage

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut
• 署名单位: University of London; Royal Holloway University London; University of Munich; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.10.008
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 282-295
• 关键词: Economic abuse; Intrahousehold sabotage; Non-cooperative family decision-making; Welfare policy

摘要

While research on domestic abuse in economics has to date almost exclusively focused on physical violence, research in other disciplines has documented that abusive males frequently also use sabotage tactics to interfere with the employability and job performance of the victim. This paper puts forward a theoretical framework that rationalizes why men may use labor market sabotage instrumentally to thwart their partners' training or career efforts. The model predicts a non-monotonic relationship between the gender wage gap and intrahousehold sabotage committed by abusive males. There are no one-size-fit-all solutions when it comes to reducing the incidence of economic abuse. Instead, specific measures have to be targeted at different types of households. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.