Shifting Attitudes towards Domestic Violence: The Impact of Primary Education on Women’s Marital Outcomes in Benin

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Shifting Attitudes towards Domestic Violence: The Impact of Primary Education on Women’s Marital Outcomes in Benin

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dc.contributor.author	Deschênes, Sarah
dc.contributor.author	Hotte, Rozenn
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T13:24:13Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T13:24:13Z
dc.date.issued	2023-12-01
dc.description.abstract	The paper examines the effect of a primary education program in Benin on women’s marital outcomes. The study leverages a sharp increase in the construction of schools in the 1990s to assess the causal impact of an increase in primary-school supply on primary-school attendance, employment, marital outcomes, and experience and tolerance of intimate partner violence (IPV). Using quasi-experimental geographical and historical variations in the number of schools built, the results indicate that in rural areas the school building program increased the probability of attending primary school and increased the age at marriage and at first child. It decreased the probability that women find domestic violence justified and that they experience emotional IPV. The effects are driven by women’s own increase in education rather than their husbands.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	The World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/41386
dc.identifier.issn	0258-6770 (print)
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dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	EDUCATION
dc.subject	MARRIAGE
dc.subject	INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.title	Shifting Attitudes towards Domestic Violence	en
dc.title.subtitle	The Impact of Primary Education on Women’s Marital Outcomes in Benin	en
dc.type	Journal Article
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okr.date.disclosure	2024-04-08
okr.date.lastmodified	2024-02-02T00:00:00Z	en
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okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Africa Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.country	Benin
okr.topic	Education::Economics of Education
okr.topic	Social Development::Social Conflict and Violence
okr.topic	Law and Development::Law and Gender
okr.topic	Education::Primary Education
okr.unit	Gender Impact Evaluation (AFEGI)
okr.volume	38 (1)
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