Doyle Joseph J, Aizer Anna
Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA; email:
National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Annu Rev Econom. 2018 Aug;10:87-108. doi: 10.1146/annurev-economics-080217-053237.
Violence within families and child neglect are strikingly common: 700,000 children are found to be victims of abuse or neglect in the United States each year; over the course of childhood, 6% of children are placed in foster care, and 18% witness intimate partner violence. These children are at much higher risks of homelessness, criminal justice involvement, unemployment, and chronic health conditions compared to their neighbors. This article reviews the state of the economics literature on the causes and consequences of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence and calls for greater research into interventions aimed at improving child well-being.
在美国，每年有70万名儿童被发现是虐待或忽视行为的受害者；在整个童年时期，6%的儿童被送入寄养机构，18%的儿童目睹亲密伴侣暴力行为。与邻居相比，这些儿童面临无家可归、卷入刑事司法系统、失业和慢性健康问题的风险要高得多。本文回顾了关于儿童虐待和亲密伴侣暴力的成因及后果的经济学文献状况，并呼吁加大对旨在改善儿童福祉的干预措施的研究力度。
