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Health, Human Capital, and Domestic Violence

Nicholas W. Papageorge, Gwyn C. Pauley, Mardge Cohen, Tracey E. Wilson, Barton H. Hamilton and Robert A. Pollak
Journal of Human Resources, October 2021, 56 (4) 997-1030; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.4.1115-7543R5
Nicholas W. Papageorge
Nicholas W. Papageorge is the Broadus Mitchell Associate Professor of Economics and Associate Director of the Poverty and Inequality Research Lab at the Johns Hopkins University, an IZA research fellow, and an NBER faculty research fellow.
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Gwyn C. Pauley
Gwyn C. Pauley is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics and an Associate Scientist at the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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Mardge Cohen
Mardge Cohen is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at Rush University and Stroger Hospital.
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Tracey E. Wilson
Mardge Cohen is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at Rush University and Stroger Hospital.
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Barton H. Hamilton
Mardge Cohen is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at Rush University and Stroger Hospital.
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Robert A. Pollak
Mardge Cohen is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at Rush University and Stroger Hospital.
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Abstract

We treat health as a form of human capital and hypothesize that women with more human capital face stronger incentives to make costly investments with future payoffs, such as avoiding abusive partners and reducing drug use. To test this hypothesis, we exploit the unanticipated introduction of an HIV treatment, HAART, which dramatically improved HIV+ women’s health. We find that after the introduction of HAART HIV+ women who experienced increases in expected longevity exhibited a decrease in domestic violence of 15 percent and in drug use of 15–20 percent. We rule out confounding via secular trends using a control group of healthier women.

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  • J24
  • O39
  • Received November 2015.
  • Accepted September 2019.

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Nicholas W. Papageorge, Gwyn C. Pauley, Mardge Cohen, Tracey E. Wilson, Barton H. Hamilton, Robert A. Pollak
Journal of Human Resources Oct 2021, 56 (4) 997-1030; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.56.4.1115-7543R5

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Nicholas W. Papageorge, Gwyn C. Pauley, Mardge Cohen, Tracey E. Wilson, Barton H. Hamilton, Robert A. Pollak
Journal of Human Resources Oct 2021, 56 (4) 997-1030; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.56.4.1115-7543R5
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