Key empirical findings:
* Abuse by current partners ⬆️ ~8.5%
* Abuse by family members ⬆️ ~16.4%.
* Abuse by ex-partners ⬇️ ~9.4%.

➡️ A change in composition: more abuse in relationships marked by physical proximity (current partners, family), less in relationships defined by separation (exes).

During the first UK COVID-19 lockdown, social distancing had many unintended side-effects. One of the darker ones: a shift in domestic abuse (DA) patterns. In a paper just published in Economica, we dig into how exposure plays a crucial role. Link to study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Faculty of Economics in Zagreb is hosting the Summer School Quantitative Economic History in July, for graduate students interested in econ history. Learn from experts in econ history, and mix it with a holiday in Croatia over summer ☀️🌊, with costs covered. Details below:

The childbirth also leads to a drop in research output, measured by annual publications. It explains about 1/3 of the penalty on tenured employment, but the majority of the tenure gap cannot be explained by a drop in research output.

The motherhood penalty is especially stark when it comes to the likelihood of getting tenured. Men’s tenured employment remains unaffected by the arrival of a child, while women face a 20 pp drop. The effects of the motherhood penalty persist long after childbirth, even 8 years later.

We use Danish administrative data and follow individuals from the start of their PhDs. Before having children, men and women in academia follow similar career paths. But following parenthood, we find that mothers are 15 pp less likely than fathers to remain employed as faculty at universities.

Report from @eu-eurostat.extwitter.link released today: One in every 3 women (31.8%) in Europe has experienced physical violence or threats, sexual violence and/or psychological violence (IPV) over the course of their lives by an intimate partner. 1 out of 3!

Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It's a topic that I think is really important and is my main research agenda. I even got to give a TEDx talk last week on it. Some key facts: ⤵️

A peak in hate crimes on the second and third day following an attack features frequently. Islamophobia is not only an immediate response to an attack but is additionally incited by the ways in which the media present news on perpetrators and victims.

We find that following ten international terror attacks, Islamophobic hate crime rapidly surged and remained higher for 3 weeks. Using data on victims & methods of reporting, we show that this is not driven by changes in reporting, policing or victim awareness, but by an increase in incidence.

🚨How do international events shape local hate crime against minorities? 🚨 We study the effects of international terror attacks on out-group hate crimes against Muslims using detailed data in Greater Manchester over 10 years. With Tom Kirchmaier & Steve Machin in the Journal of Law & Economics. ⤵️