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.
2024
Postseparation Financial Abuse Perpetrated Through Government Systems: A Survey of Australian Mothers’ Experiences of Child Support Journal Article
In: Violence Against Women, 2024.
Specialist Financial Counseling for Women Affected by Domestic and Family Violence: Staff and Client Perspectives on an Australian Initiative Journal Article
In: Violence Against Women, 2024.
Squeezing blood from stones? A comparative analysis of tax relief for victim-survivors in Australia and the United States Journal Article
In: Australian Tax Forum, 2024.
Non-Payment of Child Support as Economic Abuse: A Literature Review Technical Report
2024.
Designed to disrupt: reimagining general insurance products to improve financial safety Technical Report
2024.
2023
Identifying and supporting financially vulnerable women experiencing economic abuse: a grounded theory approach Journal Article
In: eJournal of Tax Research, 2023.
Economic Abuse and Water Utilities: Exploring Victim-survivor Experiences in Victoria Journal Article
In: UNSW Law Journal, 2023.
‘It’s a lot of shame’: understanding the impact of gender-based violence on higher education access and participation Journal Article
In: Teaching in Higher Education, 2023.
Intimate partner violence linked to gambling: cohort and period effects on the past experiences of older women Journal Article
In: BMC Women's Health, 2023.
Financial Abuse: The Weaponisation of Child Support in Australia Technical Report
2023.
2022
Intimate partner economic abuse in loans and guarantees: An empirical review of 10 years of cases Journal Article
In: Australian Journal of Family Law, 2022.
‘I didn’t even know it was a thing’: Australian young adults’ experience of economic abuse Journal Article
In: Health Promotion International , 2022.
Designed to Disrupt: Reimagining banking products to improve financial safety Technical Report
2022.
The cost of financial abuse in Australia Technical Report
2022.
2021
Weaponizing COVID-19: How the Pandemic Influenced the Behavior of Those Who Use Violence in Domestic and Family Relationships Journal Article
In: Violence Against Women, 2021.
Understanding the Determinants of Gambling-Related Intimate Partner Violence: Perspectives From Women Who Gamble Journal Article
In: Violence Against Women, 2021.
Economic Abuse in Australia Technical Report
2021.
Debt, Duress and Dob-ins: Centrelink compliance processes and domestic violence Technical Report
2021.
How gambling by a male partner contributes to intimate partner violence against women: a gendered perspective Journal Article
In: International Gambling Studies, 2021.
Problem gambling and economic abuse against women: an adaptive grounded theory analysis Journal Article
In: Addiction Research & Theory, 2021.
Gambling-Related Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: A Grounded Theory Model of Individual and Relationship Determinants Journal Article
In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2021.
Impacts of Male Intimate Partner Violence on Women: A Life Course Perspective Journal Article
In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021.
Domestic Economic Abuse: The Violence of Money Book
Routledge, 2021.
Coercive control in domestic relationships Online
Parliament of New South Wales 2021.
Preventing the financial abuse of women: literature and desktop review Online
Analysis & Policy Observatory 2021.
Restoring Financial Safety: The Transforming Financial Security Project Technical Report
2021.
Experiences of coercive control among Australian women Online
Australian Institute of Criminology 2021.
2020
The relationship between gambling and intimate partner violence against women Online
ANROWS 2020.
Women's Policy Action Tank 2020.
Holistic responses to economic abuse: Reporting on progress Online
Women's Policy Action Tank 2020.
Responding to Financial Abuse Full Report Online
Women's Legal Service Victoria 2020.
2019
Debts and Disappointments: Mothers' experiences of the child support system Journal Article
In: Analysis & Policy Observatory, 2019.
Domestic violence, social security and the couple rule Online
Anrows 2019.
Housing Outcomes After Domestic and Family Violence Online
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited 2019.
Exploring how economic abuse manifests in young adult relationships PhD Thesis
RMIT Univeristy, 2019.
Summary of the Evidence: Paid Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) Leave Online
Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety 2019.
What is this thing called money? Economic abuse in young adult relationships Journal Article
In: Journal of Social Marketing, 2019.
Identifying economic abuse for women with disability in Victoria: A toolkit Online
Monash University 2019.
2018
When’s the Right Time to Talk About Money? Online
Wire Australia 2018.
Women's Legal Service Victoria 2018.
2017
Economic abuse between intimate partners in Australia: prevalence, health status, disability and financial stress Journal Article
In: Public Health, 2017.
2016
Supporting Survivors of Financial Abuse, Learning for the UK Technical Report
2016.
Economic Security for Survivors of Domestic and Family Violence: Understanding and Measuring the Impact Journal Article
In: Good Shepherd, 2016.
2015
Stepping Stones: Legal Barriers to Economic Equality After Family Violence Online
Women's Legal Service Victoria 2015.
Restoring Financial Safety: Legal responses to economic abuse Journal Article
In: Good Shepherd, 2015.
2014
Relationship Problems and Money: Women talk about financial abuse Online
Wire Australia 2014.