Episode 127: Manisha Shah
Manisha Shah
Manisha Shah is a development economist and Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Date: June 30, 2026
Episode Details:
In this episode, we discuss Prof. Shah’s research on reducing intimate partner violence among young people in Tanzania.
"Sex, Power, and Adolescence: Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Behaviors" by Manisha Shah, Jennifer Seager, Joao Montalvao, and Markus Goldstein.
OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:
“Income Changes and Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from Unconditional Cash Transfers in Kenya" by Johannes Haushofer, Charlotte Ringdal, Jeremy P. Shapiro, and Xiao Yu Wang.
“The Effect of Cash, Vouchers, and Food Transfers on Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Northern Ecuador” by Melissa Hidrobo, Amber Peterman and Lori Heise.
“Love on the Rocks: Domestic Violence and Alcohol Abuse in Rural Mexico” by Manuela Angelucci.
“Public Transfers and Domestic Violence: The Roles of Private Information and Spousal Control" by Gustavo J. Bobonis, Melissa González-Brenes, and Roberto Castro.
“For Better or For Worse?: Education and the Prevalence of Domestic Violence in Turkey” by Bilge Erten and Pinar Keskin.
“Love, hate and murder: Commitment devices in violent relationships” by Anna Aizer and Pedro Dal Bó.
“The Gender Wage Gap and Domestic Violence" by Anna Aizer.
“Advancing the Agency of Adolescent Girls” by Eric Edmonds, Ben Feigenberg, and Jessica Leight.
“Reshaping Adolescents’ Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India" by Diva Dhar, Tarun Jain and Seema Jayachandran.
“Effective prevention of intimate partner violence through couples training: a randomised controlled trial of Indashyikirwa in Rwanda" by Kristin Dunkle, Erin Stern, Sangeeta Chatterji, and Lori Heise.
“Effect of a structural intervention for the prevention of intimate-partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa: a cluster randomised trial” by Paul M. Pronyk, James R. Hargreaves, Julia C. Kim, Linda A. Morison, Godfrey Phetla, Charlotte Watts, Joanna Busza, and John D.H. Porter.
“Transfers, Behavior Change Communication, and Intimate Partner Violence: Postprogram Evidence from Rural Bangladesh" by Shalini Roy, Melissa Hidrobo, John Hoddinott, and Akhter Ahmed.
“Theoretical Underpinnings and Meta-analysis of the Effects of Cash Transfers on Intimate Partner Violence in Low-and Middle-Income Countries" by Victoria Baranov, Lisa Cameron, Diana Contreras Suarez and Claire Thibout.
"A rigorous global evidence review of interventions to prevent violence against women and girls" by Alice Kerr-Wilson, Andrew Gibbs, Erika McAslan Fraser, Leanne Ramsoomar, Anna Parke, Hussaind M.A. Khuwaja, and Rachel Jewkes.
"Guy Talk: Catalyzing Peer Effects on IPV through Virtual Support Groups for Men" by Christopher Boyer, Erica Field, Rachel Lehrer, Andrew Morrison, and Claudia Piras.
"Multifaceted Programs Targeting Women In Fragile Settings: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo" by Manuela Angelucci, Rachel Heath, and Eva Noble.
"Harm and Harmony" by Siwan Anderson and Chris Bidner.