Citation

DeRiviere L. Violence Vict. 2015; 30(5): 770-797.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Springer Publishing)

DOI

10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-13-00124

PMID

26299448

Abstract

There has been an increase in costing analysis of intimate partner violence in recent decades, including the monetary impact to government, society, and the individual. Using data collected in a Canadian longitudinal study, the empirical analysis in this article provides an economic rationale for mobilizing public resources that improve the well-being of women leaving an abusive relationship. I estimated six variants of a selection model and used a costing exercise to build an economic case for preventive and other helping services to support women over their healing journey. The removal of financial constraints suffered by abused women, in support of their training needs, as well as reduced barriers to preventive health care services, may potentially lead to fiscal resource savings in the long run.

Language: en