TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Amaral, Sofia
AU  - Bhalotra, Sonia R.
AU  - Prakash, Nishith
        TI  - Gender, Crime and Punishment: Evidence from Women Police Stations in India
        PY  - 2021/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14250
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14250
        AB  - We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender- based violence. Using administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This appears to reflect reporting rather than incidence as we find no changes in femicide or in survey-reported domestic violence. We also find some evidence of an increase in women's labor supply following WPS opening, consistent with women feeling safer once the costs of reporting violence fall.
        KW  - women police stations
KW  - gender-based violence
KW  - women in policing
KW  - India
        ER  -