%0 Report
        %A Karimi, Arizo
%A Niknami, Susan
%A Ornstein, Petra
%A Sandberg, Anna
%A Mühlrad, Hanna
        %T Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration: Risk Factors and Consequences
        %D 2026
        %8 2026 Jun
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 18742
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp18742
        %X Using large-scale Swedish administrative data, we study the risk factors and causal consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV perpetrators and victims are disproportionately drawn from disadvantaged backgrounds, and sibling correlations indicate that family background accounts for
roughly one third of the variation in male IPV perpetration and female IPV victimization. Exploiting a matched difference-in-differences design, we document large persistent negative effects of IPV on victims’ labor market outcomes and health, with the social welfare system more than offsetting earnings losses on average. Perpetrators experience sharp earnings declines and deteriorating health. Our findings suggest that IPV amplifies existing socioeconomic inequalities.
        %K intimate partner violence
%K gender inequality
%K labor supply
%K mental health
%K crime