Violence against women and the macroeconomy: The case of Ghana

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作者
Raghavendran, Srinivasan [1 ]
Kim, Kijong [2 ]
Ashe, Sinead [3 ]
Chadha, Mrinal [4 ]
Asante, Felix [5 ]
Piiroinen, Petri T. [6 ]
Duvvury, Nata [4 ]
机构
[1] NUI Galway, JE Cairnes Sch Business & Econ, Galway, Ireland
[2] Levy Econ Inst Bard Coll, Gender Equal & Econ Program, New York, NY USA
[3] Govt Ireland, Econ, Houses Oireachtas, Dublin, Ireland
[4] NUI Galway, Sch Polit Sci & Sociol, Ctr Global Womens Studies, Galway, Ireland
[5] Univ Ghana, Inst Stat Social & Econ Res, Accra, Ghana
[6] Chalmers Univ, Dept Mech & Maritime Sci, Gothenburg, Sweden
关键词
absenteeism; consumption loss; economic growth; feminist economics; social accounting matrix; violence against women; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; DECLINE; WORK;
D O I
10.1002/jid.3588
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Violence against women (VAW) is a widely recognized human rights violation but whose wider economic ramifications are less understood. In this article, applying the multiplier analysis based on 2015 social accounting matrix of Ghana, we outline how the individual microlevel income loss is translated to a macroeconomic loss. We argue that the macroeconomic loss due to VAW, which amounts to about 0.94% of Ghanaian GDP, is not a once-off loss but a permanent invisible leakage from the circular flow of the economy. The article highlights the potential consequences of the loss over a period of time in the status quo scenario.
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页数:20
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