Violence against Women at Work.

This article investigates the economic and organizational consequences of violence between colleagues in Finnish firms by linking police reports from 2006 to 2019 with detailed administrative employment and income data. It finds that such workplace violence leads to significant, persistent declines in employment and earnings for both victims and perpetrators, with a notable asymmetry: male perpetrators of violence against female colleagues face substantially weaker labor market consequences than perpetrators in male-male violence, largely due to perpetrators' relative economic power within firms. Male-female violence also causes a lasting reduction in the share of women employed at affected firms, driven by higher female turnover and reduced female hiring, effects that are pronounced in male-managed firms but mitigated in female-managed firms where perpetrators are more likely to lose their jobs. The study highlights the role of power dynamics and management gender composition in shaping the outcomes of workplace violence and suggests that supporting women's advancement and ensuring accountability for perpetrators may reduce the broader negative impacts on female employees and firm gender composition.