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Bargaining under Threats: The Effect of Joint Custody Laws on Intimate Partner Violence

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2021-09
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Nollenberger, Natalia
Roff, Jennifer
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3505
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We study the effect of a policy change that exogenously shifted bargaining power from mothers to fathers on intimate partner violence. We exploit a quasi-natural experiment based on a series of reforms in Spain that shifted the custody decision from being unilaterally determined by the mother to a joint decision, barring evidence of violence. We find that the policy led to a large and significant decrease in intimate partner violence, with the largest effects among couples in which the mother was more likely to seek sole custody before the policy change.
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Fernández-Kranz, D., Nollenberger, N., & Roff, J. (2020). Bargaining under Threats: The Effect of Joint Custody Laws on Intimate Partner Violence.
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