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The Effects of Communal Violence on Women’s Marital Outcomes

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dc.contributor.authorGhose, Devaki
dc.contributor.authorPandey, Divya
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-16T19:11:57Z
dc.date.available2023-05-16T19:11:57Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-16
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the effects of communal violence, that is violence inflicted upon a particular group along ethnic or religious lines, on women’s marital outcomes. Communal violence, with its accompanying psychological and physical trauma, can have important socioeconomic consequences. The effects could be very different for women who are often disproportionately subject to sexual violence during such events. Using individual-level survey data from India and a difference-in-differences approach, the study shows that women’s age of marriage decreased, and the probability of getting married before the age of 18 increased after the Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat in 2002. The Gujarat riots stand out as one of the most significant and abrupt occurrences of communal violence in post-independence India, marked by widespread violence against women, thus providing a setting to study the impacts of such violence on women. Event study and synthetic control methods suggest that these effects are prominent two years after the riots and have increased over time. Women married after the riots also had fewer years of education and poorer social and economic status, such as a lower probability of employment and lower autonomy in household decision-making.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099322405102325038/IDU0f03c7eed0acfb04a6a09dd1012a5613ef6ac
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10441
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39817
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers; 10441
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectEARLY MARRIAGE
dc.subjectWOMEN'S AGENCY
dc.subjectVIOLENCE IMPACT ON GIRLS
dc.subjectGIRLS WELLFARE
dc.subjectIMPACT OF RELIGOUS VIOLENCE ON GIRLS
dc.subjectGENDERED IMPACT OF COMMUNAL VIOLENCE
dc.titleThe Effects of Communal Violence on Women’s Marital Outcomesen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleThe Effects of Communal Violence on Women’s Marital Outcomes
okr.date.disclosure2023-05-10
okr.date.lastmodified2023-05-10T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099322405102325038/IDU0f03c7eed0acfb04a6a09dd1012a5613ef6ac
okr.guid099322405102325038
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-f03c7eed-acfb-4a6a-9dd1-12a5613ef6ac
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10441
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10441
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34060055
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34060055
okr.identifier.reportWPS10441
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099322405102325038/pdf/IDU0f03c7eed0acfb04a6a09dd1012a5613ef6ac.pdfen
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Conflict and Violence
okr.topicConflict and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Governance
okr.topicGender::Gender and Law
okr.unitDECRG: Trade & Intl. Integration (DECTI)
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