Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major health and social issue that affects around 30 percent of women globally. This study investigates the relationships through which witnessing IPV in adolescence may impact the labor force participation and employment prospects of women in early adulthood, using a unique dataset from Bihar (India), which surveyed youth (primarily girls) in adolescence and again nine years later. The study examined the relationship between exposure to IPV and labor market outcomes among young women, including intermediate factors likely to influence their employment prospects, such as educational attainment, self-efficacy, mental health, and soft skills. Witnessing IPV as an adolescent had a negative effect on educational attainment, mental health, and social and behavioral aspects of young women almost nine years later. IPV was not associated with the likelihood of paid employment or participation in skilled work among women, although it was associated with higher levels of labor force participation. These findings suggest that witnessing IPV should be considered one of multiple forms of violence that may expose young women to longer term vulnerability related to poorer educational and employment prospects, mental health, and social networks, with implications for economic and social development far beyond the family.

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目睹亲密伴侣的暴力行为影响印度年轻女性的上学和劳动力市场成果

亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 是一个重大的健康和社会问题，影响着全球约 30% 的女性。本研究使用来自比哈尔邦（印度）的独特数据集调查青春期见证 IPV 可能影响成年早期女性的劳动力参与和就业前景的关系，该数据集对青春期和九年后的青年（主要是女孩）进行了调查. 该研究考察了年轻女性接触 IPV 与劳动力市场结果之间的关系，包括可能影响其就业前景的中间因素，例如教育程度、自我效能、心理健康和软技能。大约九年后，在青少年时期目睹 IPV 对年轻女性的教育程度、心理健康以及社会和行为方面产生了负面影响。IPV 与女性获得有偿就业或从事技术工作的可能性无关，尽管它与更高水平的劳动力参与有关。这些研究结果表明，目睹 IPV 应被视为多种形式的暴力之一，这可能使年轻女性面临与较差的教育和就业前景、心理健康和社会网络相关的长期脆弱性，其对经济和社会发展的影响远远超出家庭.