Citation

Chin YM, Song JJ, Stamey JD. Appl. Econ. Lett. 2017; 24(20): 1439-1442.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13504851.2017.1282139

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

We examine the effect of female employment on the odds of physical spousal violence using a Bayesian misclassification model combined with propensity score regression estimation. While a classical propensity score model finds a significant violence-provoking effect of female employment, our model finds no evidence of a significant effect. This suggests that misleading inferences are caused by falsely small standard errors in a model that does not account for uncertainties around propensity scores. Further, we confirm our misclassification model as a preferred specification using Deviance Information Criterion (DIC).

Language: en

Keywords

Bayesian misclassification model; C11; female employment; intimate partner violence; J12; J21; propensity score matching