Dought and domestic violence : evidence from rural Chile
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2020
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The present work explores the effects of drought on the rate of domestic violence complaints in rural districts of Chile using (i) a Differences-in-Differences with fixed-effects
approach, (ii) a Dose Treatment that hinges on the districts’ primary crops growing
season, and (iii) a Triple Differences approach exploiting the crop’s water need period.
Also, I present an intra-household bargaining model with information asymmetries.
It suggests that in the event of a negative income shock to the husband, the rate of
domestic violence complaints should decrease, while if the same shock hits the wife, the
rate increases. My results show that domestic violence complaints diminish between
2% and 8% when drought hits a location, consistent with the instrumental value theory
predictions. In Chile, a drought shock translates into less violence because agriculture
is a strongly men-labor intensive industry, which implies, household-wise, that more
husbands than wives could suffer a negative income shock under a drought context.
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Tesis (Magíster en Economía)--Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2020