How a basic income could help stop domestic violence

"Broadly, Haushofer and his team discovered that the presence of a basic income correlated with significant declines in rates of violence. In households where women received cash transfers, rates of both physical and sexual violence declined significantly. The researchers focused on violence against women. Compared to the control group, the number of women who reported being kicked, dragged, or beaten by their husbands fell by 51% in women-recipient households. In women-recipient households, incidences of forced sexual acts declined by as much as 66%. In male-recipient households, rates of physical violence fell by around 59%, but reductions in sexual violence were not statistically significant."

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