Determinants of Crime Rates in Latin America and the World: An Empirical AssessmentWorld Bank Publications, 1998 M01 1 - 44 pages A growing concern in most regions of the world is the heightened incidence of criminal and violent behavior, especially in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. This study uses a new data set of crime rates for a large sample of countries to analyze the determinants of national homicide and robbery rates. The authors describe a simple model of "incentives to commit crimes" by estimating several econometric models and utilizing empirical models to draw their conclusions. |
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... Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.1 A recent paper on the topic states that , “ Crime and violence have emerged in recent years as major obstacles to the realization of development objectives in the countries of Latin America ...
... Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.1 A recent paper on the topic states that , “ Crime and violence have emerged in recent years as major obstacles to the realization of development objectives in the countries of Latin America ...
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... Africa . In these regions , and in the developing countries of Europe and Central Asia , consider- able increases in ... African countries is quite small and varies across sub - periods , thus the evolution of the median rate for this ...
... Africa . In these regions , and in the developing countries of Europe and Central Asia , consider- able increases in ... African countries is quite small and varies across sub - periods , thus the evolution of the median rate for this ...
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... Africa 0 1970-74 1975-79 1980-84 Period LAC Sub - Saharan Africa Europe and Central Asia High - Income 1985-89 1990-94 Homicide per 100,000 Population 0 Bahamas 70 70 60 50 THE DATA · 133.
... Africa 0 1970-74 1975-79 1980-84 Period LAC Sub - Saharan Africa Europe and Central Asia High - Income 1985-89 1990-94 Homicide per 100,000 Population 0 Bahamas 70 70 60 50 THE DATA · 133.
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... Africa , Asia , Europe and Central Asia , Latin America and the Caribbean , Middle East and Northern Africa , all based on the regional definitions employed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund . Finally , we used a ...
... Africa , Asia , Europe and Central Asia , Latin America and the Caribbean , Middle East and Northern Africa , all based on the regional definitions employed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund . Finally , we used a ...
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... Africa Dummy South and East Asia Dummy Eastern Europe and Central Asia Dummy Latin America Dummy Middle East Dummy .437 ( .087 ) -.816 ( .111 ) -.541 ( .158 ) .457 ( .307 ) -.663 ( .073 ) .321 ( .412 ) .488 ( .110 ) -.378 ( .530 ) ...
... Africa Dummy South and East Asia Dummy Eastern Europe and Central Asia Dummy Latin America Dummy Middle East Dummy .437 ( .087 ) -.816 ( .111 ) -.541 ( .158 ) .457 ( .307 ) -.663 ( .073 ) .321 ( .412 ) .488 ( .110 ) -.378 ( .530 ) ...
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Asia Dummy average Caribbean coefficient Colombia commit a crime common religion conviction rate crime industry criminal activity criminal behavior criminal inertia cross-sectional regressions death penalty decision to commit determinants of crime deterrence effects Developing Countries DiCristina Drug Possession Crimes Drug Producers Dummy Dummy for Developing econometric Ehrlich empirical error term Europe and Central explanatory variables GDP growth rate Gini Coefficient Gini index GNP per Capita Guyana homicide and robbery incidence income inequality increase individual individual's instruments Intentional Homicide Rates joint endogeneity lagged crime rate lagged homicide rate largest number Latin America level of education Loayza Log of GNP measurement errors mis-measurement national crime rates Number of Observations p-value panel data police population Possession Crimes Rate proxy reported crime robbery rates Sargan Secondary Enrollment Rate serially correlated Shahid Javed Burki significant statistically strictly exogenous Sub-Saharan Africa tion under-reporting United Nations unobserved country-specific effects urbanization rate World Bank World Crime Surveys
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