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We present a dynamic lifecycle model of women’s choices with respect to partnership status, labour supply and fertility when a male partner’s true tendency for abusive behaviour is unobserved. The model is estimated by the method of simulated moments using longitudinal data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. The results indicate that uncertainty about a partner’s abusive type creates incentives for women to delay fertility, reduce fertility overall, divorce more often and increase labour supply. We also study the impact of higher female wages, income support to single mothers, and subsidized childcare when the mother is working. While higher wages reduce women’s overall exposure to abuse, both income support and subsidized childcare fail to do so because they encourage early fertility. Income support also leads to less accumulated labour market experience and hence higher abuse rates.
Authors
Research Fellow Royal Holloway University of London
Dan is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at Royal Holloway University of London and received his PhD from Lund University.
Robert Sauer
Noemi Mantovan
Working Paper details
- DOI
- 10.1920/wp.ifs.2018.W1812
- Publisher
- The IFS
Suggested citation
D, Anderberg and N, Mantovan and R, Sauer. (2018). The dynamics of domestic violence: learning about the match. London: The IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/dynamics-domestic-violence-learning-about-match (accessed: 19 April 2024).
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