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Hidden violence: how covid-19 school closures reduced the reporting of child maltreatment

F. Cabrera-Hernández, M. Padilla Romo,
2020

This study examines how school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic affected the reporting of child maltreatment in Mexico City. We use a rich panel dataset on incident-level crime reports and victim characteristics and exploit the differential effects between school-age children and older individuals. While financial and mental distress due to the COVID-19 pandemic may result in additional cases of child maltreatment, synthetic control and difference-in-differences estimations document an average reduction in child maltreatment reports of 29% and 30%, respectively, with larger reductions among females and in higher-poverty municipalities. These results highlight the important role education professionals in school settings play in the early detection and reporting of domestic violence against school-age children.

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Об авторах
  • F. Cabrera-Hernández
    National Research University Higher School of Economics
  • M. Padilla Romo
    University of Tennessee
Название журнала
  • Latin American Economic Review
Том
  • 29
Финансирующая организация
  • Universidad de Guadalajara
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  • undefined
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  • journal article
Тип лицензии Creative Commons
  • CC BY
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  • Свободная лицензия
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  • scopus