The impact of intimate partner violence on women’s labour market outcomes

• Published in: World development Vol. 164; p. 106166
• Main Authors: Gedikli, Cigdem, Popli, Gurleen, Yilmaz, Okan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2023
• Subjects: Female labour force participation; Instrumental variables; Intimate partner violence; Turkey; O15; Turkey; Intimate partner violence; Female labour force participation; J21; J12; Instrumental variables; J16
• ISSN: 0305-750X; 1873-5991
• DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.106166

•There is a long-standing interest in the relationship between women’s employment and intimate partner violence (IPV).•Studies have generally investigated the effect of women’s employment on IPV.•This paper focuses on the reverse link and looks at the impact of IPV on women’s labour market outcomes in Turkey.•Our findings point that being subject to IPV is associated with an increased probability of a woman participating in the labour market.•Amongst the potential underlying mechanisms, we provide suggestive evidence that the positive link is most likely driven by rent extraction. This paper investigates the impact of intimate partner violence on the participation of women in the labour market and their access to employment in the form of being a wage worker, self-employed or unpaid family worker. To address the possibility of endogeneity, especially due to simultaneity, between intimate partner violence and female labour force participation, we use the history of violence, both of the woman and her partner, as instrumental variables. Our results provide evidence that intimate partner violence is associated with an increased probability of a woman participating in the labour market. Further analysis shows that the rent extraction mechanism is the most likely explanation for the positive relationship.