期刊名称：Documents de Travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne
印刷版ISSN：1955-611X
出版年度：2017
出版社：Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne
摘要：This paper identifies motors and barriers for combatting domestic violence against women in Turkey– a country where modernism and conservatism are in constant interplay. We combine informationfrom the Demographic Health Surveys and the Turkish Domestic Violence Survey and distinguishbetween controlling behavior, physical and sexual violence. Our empirical analysis tests how far awoman’s intra-household decision making power (as measured by her education, her activity status,her income etc.) bears the potential to reduce her risk of experiencing domestic violence in Turkey.The analysis takes into account contextual factors as well as partner and household characteristics.We find that women’s participation in the labor market does not, on its’ own, reduce women’s risk ofexperiencing intimate partner violence, but an egalitarian share of economic resources betweenspouses is likely to protect women against domestic violence. This finding has two importantimplications First, higher education enabling women to access formal wage employment allowswomen not only to gain economic independence, but also to freely choose their partner. Second,unstable economic conditions that harm earning opportunities for men are an important risk factorfor couples to experience conflicts that can result in domestic violence against women. Against thebackground of the recent economic crisis that comes hand in hand with a backlash of gender andfamily norms in Turkey, our results highlight the need of policy action in this field.
