¿Tener una primogénita reduce la violencia masculina contra las madres en Perú?

Intimate partner violence is a latent problem worldwide and occurs more strongly in low and middle income countries, this phenomenon implies enormous costs for society, however this phenomenon is not yet fully understood. Within this framework, this article aims to study the impact of having a first-born girl on male violence against women in Peru. To do this, a sample of around 150,000 couples was used. It was found that women who had a firstborn compared to those who had a boy, are 6.35% less likely to suffer some type of severe violence from their partner. every year. The probabilities of suffering emotional violence and sexual violence are reduced by 2.18% and 6.92%, respectively. It can be inferred how children influence the behavior of their parents. These findings can be interpreted as causal effects under the assumption that the sex of the firstborn is exogenous, as suggested by the literature.