RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Can Transfers and Complementary Nutrition Programming Reduce Intimate Partner Violence Four Years Post-Program?
JF Journal of Human Resources
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 1714
OP 1740
DO 10.3368/jhr.0720-11014R2
VO 59
IS 6
A1 Roy, Shalini
A1 Hidrobo, Melissa
A1 Hoddinott, John
A1 Kolt, Bastien
A1 Ahmed, Akhter
YR 2024
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/6/1714.abstract
AB Little is known about whether reductions in intimate partner violence (IPV) from transfer programs persist. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that women in rural Bangladesh who received cash transfers with complementary nutrition programming (including group-based training, home visits, and community meetings) experienced sustained reductions in IPV four years after the program ended. Neither cash transfers alone, nor food transfers with or without complementary nutrition programming, showed sustained impacts on IPV. Evidence suggests that cash with complementary nutrition programming sustained IPV reductions through persistent increases in women’s bargaining power, costs to men of perpetrating violence, and men’s emotional well-being.