@article{fdi:010093534,
  title = {{W}hat one thinks, what one says and what one does : male justifications and practices of gender-based violence in {M}ali},
  author = {{B}ertelli, {O}. and {C}alvo, {T}homas and {L}avall{\'e}e, {E}. and {M}ercier, {M}. and {M}espl{\'e}-{S}omps, {S}andrine},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{G}ender-based violence ({GBV}) is widespread across the world. {W}hile the majority of the literature focuses on women as the victims of {GBV}, this paper studies men's justifications for and perpetration of {GBV} in {M}ali, one of the countries with the highest {GBV} prevalence rates in the world. {W}e elicit the prevalence of eight {GBV}-related opinions and behaviors among men in {B}amako, the capital city, by administering a set of list experiments that we compare to a set of direct questions to estimate response biases. {W}e find large support for {GBV}: nearly one respondent in two supports female genital mutilation or intimate partner violence. {B}esides, one in four has already physically hit an adult woman. {O}ur results also show that several questions suffer from significant response biases when asked directly. {S}upport for female genital mutilation is overreported, with actual approval being lower than openly stated. {C}onversely, justification of intimate partner violence is underreported, likely due to social pressure against it. {W}hile response bias varies little with respondent characteristics, prevalence rates are systematically lower among men with a secondary level of education. {O}ur results are in line with response bias being shaped by the legal framework addressing {GBV} as well as prevailing social norms, highlighting the need for caution when using data collected through direct questioning.},
  keywords = {{G}ender-based violence ; {L}ist experiment ; {M}ali ; {MALI}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {D}evelopment {E}conomics},
  volume = {176},
  numero = {},
  pages = {103479 [12 p.]},
  ISSN = {0304-3878},
  year = {2025},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103479},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010093534},
}