Amin, MohammadIslam, AsifLopez-Claros, Augusto2016-04-262016-04-262016-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24164This study contributes to the literature on legal institutions and determinants of adult mortality. The paper explores the relationship between the presence of domestic violence legislation and women-to-men adult mortality rates. Using panel data for about 95 economies between 1990 and 2012, the analysis finds that having domestic violence legislation leads to lower women-to-men adult mortality rates. According to conservative estimations, domestic violence legislation would have saved about 33 million women between 1990 and 2012. The negative relationship between domestic violence legislation and women-to-men adult mortality rates is robust to several checks and also confirmed using the instrumental variables approach.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOSANITATIONINFANT MORTALITY RATESEMPOWERMENTACCESS TO HEALTH CAREBENEFITGENDER SPECIFICMORTALITY REDUCTIONGENDER INEQUALITYWAGE GAPURBANIZATIONABUSESCHOOL ENROLMENTDEATHSQUALITY OF HEALTH CARELAWSPARTNERUNITED NATIONSPROPERTY RIGHTSLAW ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCERESOURCE ALLOCATIONLABOR FORCESERVICESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISCRIMINATIONPUBLIC SERVICESMORTALITY RATESHEALTH CAREDEATHINTIMATE PARTNERHEALTHPOLICY DISCUSSIONSALCOHOLLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONWILLACCESS TO HEALTHFEMALE MORTALITYCARE PROVISIONHOSPITALPARLIAMENTARY UNIONPUBLIC HEALTHADULT MORTALITYHUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONSRIGHTS OF WOMENLABOR MARKETENFORCEMENT MECHANISMSDISEASESEQUAL TREATMENTDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENIMMUNIZATIONGEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTWIVESBOYSDEMOCRACYRAPESECONDARY SCHOOLECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTVIOLENCEFORMS OF DISCRIMINATIONDISCRIMINATIONSPOOR HEALTHMALELEGISLATIONMORTALITY RATEMARRIAGEADULT MENSECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENTMORTALITYALLOCATION OF RESOURCESSTATUS OF WOMENWOMEN IN PARLIAMENTFEMALE LABORPROGRESSALCOHOL ABUSEINFANT MORTALITYINFANTGENDER-BASED VIOLENCEDOMESTIC VIOLENCEJOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGYPOLICIESWHOSOCIAL SERVICESHIVAGEPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERGENDERDIVORCEPUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITUREVICTIMSPOPULATION DENSITYURBAN AREASSTDPROPERTYGENDER- BASED VIOLENCEMEASLESEDUCATION OF WOMENBULLETINPOLICYCHILD MORTALITYNUMBER OF WOMENHUMAN LIFEFEMINIST ECONOMICSADULT WOMENHUMAN RIGHTSCHILDRENMORTALITY RATIOPUBLIC HEALTH SERVICESDISEASEHUSBANDLEGAL PROTECTIONHUMAN RESOURCESVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENFEMALE LABOR FORCEFEMINISTNUMBER OF DEATHSPOPULATIONPROPORTION OF WOMENLAWGIRLSPOLICY RESEARCHPHYSICAL VIOLENCEWOMENSOCIAL INSTITUTIONSSEXUAL VIOLENCEMEDICAL FACILITIESURBAN POPULATIONFEMALEWIFERATIO OF WOMENHEALTH SERVICESPEACEFEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONERADICATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENDEVELOPMENT POLICYINEQUALITYSANITATION FACILITIESWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-7622