Economic determinants of intimate partner violence: The case of Sweden during Covid-19

Arbeitspapier

We document an increase in intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in Sweden during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, notwithstanding the famously lasseiz-faire approach taken by the coutry. We investigate the role of different mediating factors, affected by the pandemic, by the containment policies, or by their economic consequences, and spilling over to violence incidence, connecting to established theories of violence. We find support for the importance of time spent at home and female unemployment. We also find a positive correlation with alcohol sales.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: SITE Working Paper ; No. 60

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Criminal Law
• Subject: COVID-19 ; domestic violence ; unemployment ; self-incapacitation

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Perrotta Berlin, Maria ; Gerrell, Manne
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE)
• (where): Stockholm
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/280880
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET