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Reducing Violence against Women in Uganda through Video Dramas: A Survey Experiment to Illuminate Causal Mechanisms

  • Jasper Cooper
  • Donald P. Green
  • Anna M. Wilke
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 110, May 2020
(pp. 615-19)
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Abstract

A randomized trial was conducted in rural Uganda in which 112 villages were exposed to video dramatizations about violence against women (VAW) or placebo topics. The treatment videos encouraged viewers to report VAW. Eight months later, surveys showed increased willingness to report in treatment villages as well as lower reported rates of VAW. The present survey experiment suggests a possible causal mechanism: the videos made allegations more credible so that those who come forward with reports are more confident that they will be believed.

Citation

Cooper, Jasper, Donald P. Green, and Anna M. Wilke. 2020. "Reducing Violence against Women in Uganda through Video Dramas: A Survey Experiment to Illuminate Causal Mechanisms." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 110: 615-19. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20201048

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JEL Classification

  • J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
  • J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
  • K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
  • O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
  • O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements