We examine the impact of women’s ownership of property on domestic violence. Based on the “Work-In-Household” framework developed in Grossbard (1976, 2015, 2020) and Grossbard-Shechtman (1984), we argue that domestic violence could be related to whether women own their own property or couples own joint property. In particular, private ownership of property by a married woman may reduce her supply of household services to her husband in the absence of domestic violence. To compel a higher supply of household services, the husband might use violence and coercion. In contrast, joint property ownership may act as a type of compensation inducing women to voluntarily supply more household production labor, thereby lowering the chances that men use violence to force women to supply such labor.

我们研究了妇女拥有财产对家庭暴力的影响。基于Grossbard（1976、2015、2020）和Grossbard-Shechtman（1984）制定的“家庭工作”框架，我们认为家庭暴力可能与妇女拥有自己的财产还是夫妻拥有共同的财产有关。特别是，在没有家庭暴力的情况下，已婚妇女对财产的私人所有权可能会减少她向丈夫提供的家庭服务。为了强迫家庭提供更多的服务，丈夫可能会使用暴力和胁迫。相反，共有财产可以作为一种补偿，诱使妇女自愿提供更多的家庭生产劳动，从而降低了男子利用暴力迫使妇女提供此类劳动的机会。