American Economic Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
Sexual Violence against Women and Labor Market Outcomes
American Economic Review
vol. 103,
no. 3, May 2013
(pp. 274–78)
Abstract
This study is the first in the economics literature to explore the labor market consequences of sexual violence toward women. Using data from the Add Health, we find that sexual violence against women is associated with a 6.6 percent lower probability of labor force participation and 5.1 percent lower average wages. These estimates are robust to controls for unobserved heterogeneity at the school- and family-levels, as well as detailed controls for personality, personal discount rates, and risk preferences. We find that the adverse labor market effects of sexual violence are partially explained by its adverse psychological and physical consequences.Citation
Sabia, Joseph J., Angela K. Dills, and Jeffrey DeSimone. 2013. "Sexual Violence against Women and Labor Market Outcomes." American Economic Review, 103 (3): 274–78. DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.274Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- I12 Health Production
- J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law