The evidence base on economic abuse and the negative economic impact of domestic violence more broadly has expanded over the past ten years. Program interventions to support women’s economic stability have also been developed and evaluated.
The reports below reflect national and international knowledge. Join the international network for updates.
2025
Economic abuse, the bank, and the devil in the detail: One Savings Bank plc v Catherine Waller-Edwards [2024] EWCA Civ 302 Journal Article
In: Legal Studies, 2025.
Too close to home: StepChange debt advice clients’ experiences of coerced debt Technical Report
2025.
Commerce over care: exploring legal advice given in potential economic abuse cases Journal Article
In: Legal Ethics, 2025.
2024
Child maintenance: Research on the experiences and impact on separated families Technical Report
2024.
Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings Technical Manual
Resolution 2024.
Analysing legal responses to coerced debt Journal Article
In: Legal Studies, 2024.
In: A Research Agenda for Financial Resources within the Household, 2024.
2023
Economic Abuse Book Chapter
In: 2023.
2022
One in ten have been a victim of financial abuse Online
2022.
The cost of living is preventing women from fleeing domestic abuse Online
Women's Aid 2022.
In: Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 2022.
2021
Universal Credit, Gender and Structural Abuse Journal Article
In: The Journal of Adult Protection, 2021.
An examination of the interrelationship between disordered gambling and intimate partner violence Journal Article
In: The International Review of Victimology, 2021.
The Cost of Covid-19: Economic abuse and the pandemic Technical Report
2021.
Young Women and Economic Abuse Online
Young Women's Trust 2021.
The single parent debt trap Online
Gingerbread 2021.
Distribution of Money with in the Household and Current Social Security Issues for Couples in the UK Online
Women's Budget Group 2021.
2020
Data from Gingerbread and Mumsnet on the child maintenance service Online
Gingerbread 2020.
Know Economic Abuse Online
Refuge 2020.
Experiences of intimate partner violence: The role of psychological, economic, physical and sexual violence Journal Article
In: Women's Studies International Forum, 2020.
Uncharted Territory: Universal Credit, Couples and Money Online
Institute for Policy Research 2020.
Economic Abuse: A Subtle but Common Form of Power and Control Journal Article
In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2020.
“She convinced me I had Alzheimer’s”: Experiences of intimate partner violence in older men. Journal Article
In: Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 2020.
Financial debt amongst older women in the United Kingdom – shame, abuse and resilience Journal Article
In: Aging & Society, 2020.
Understanding the economics of abuse: an assessment of the economic abuse definition within the Domestic Abuse Bill Journal Article
In: Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 2020.
2019
Survey Held in 6 Companies: How Does Domestic Violence Impact the Workplace? Online
One in Three Women 2019.
Women’s Budget Group and Surviving Economic Abuse and End Violence Against Women Coalition 2019.
Latin American Women’s Rights Service 2019.
In: Violence Against Women, 2019.
The Domestic Abuse Report 2019 – The Economics of Abuse Online
Women's Aid 2019.
Domestic violence and women’s earnings: Does frequency matter? Journal Article
In: Discussion Papers in Economics, 2019.
2018
ASK: Routine Enquiry in Gender Based Violence and Abuse. Executive Summary Online
Citizen's Advice Programme 2018.
LGBT+ People’s Experiences of Domestic Abuse Online
Galop 2018.
2017
Women’s Narratives of Economic Abuse and Financial Strategies in Britain and South Asia Journal Article
In: Psychology of Violence, 2017.
2016
Supporting Survivors of Financial Abuse, Learning for the UK Technical Report
2016.
2015
A Review of Research and Policy on Financial Abuse within Intimate Partner Relationships Online
Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU) 2015.