Abstract
While research on domestic abuse in economics has to date almost exclusively focused on physical violence, research in other disciplines has documented that abusive males frequently also use sabotage tactics to interfere with the employability and job performance of the victim. This paper puts forward a theoretical framework that rationalizes why men may use labor market sabotage \"instrumentally\" to thwart their partners’ training or career efforts. The model predicts a non-monotonic relationship between the gender wage gap and intrahousehold sabotage committed by abusive males. There are no one-size-fit-all solutions when it comes to reducing the incidence of economic abuse. Instead, specific measures have to be targeted at different types of households.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Faculties: | Economics Economics > Chairs > CESifo-Professorship for Social Policy and Labor Markets |
Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 20189 |
Date Deposited: | 15. Apr 2014, 08:57 |
Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020, 13:01 |