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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... Determinants of Crime Rates in Latin America and the World An Empirical Assessment Pablo Fajnzylber Daniel Lederman Norman Loayza The World Bank Washington , D.C. Copyright © 1998 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
... Determinants of Crime Rates in Latin America and the World An Empirical Assessment Pablo Fajnzylber Daniel Lederman Norman Loayza The World Bank Washington , D.C. Copyright © 1998 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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... Development / THE WORLD BANK 1818 H Street , N.W. Washington , D.C. 20433 , U.S.A. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing October 1998 This publication is part of the World Bank Latin American ...
... Development / THE WORLD BANK 1818 H Street , N.W. Washington , D.C. 20433 , U.S.A. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing October 1998 This publication is part of the World Bank Latin American ...
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... developing countries in Sub - Saharan 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 ...
... developing countries in Sub - Saharan 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 ...
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... developing countries of Europe and Central Asia , consider- able increases in intentional homicide rates have been observed in the early 1990s . However , it should be noted that the sample of Sub - Saharan African countries is quite ...
... developing countries of Europe and Central Asia , consider- able increases in intentional homicide rates have been observed in the early 1990s . However , it should be noted that the sample of Sub - Saharan African countries is quite ...
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... development of social interactions between criminals and would- be criminals . Assuming that these interactions are ... developing countries of Sub- Saharan Africa , Asia , Europe and Central Asia , Latin America and the Caribbean ...
... development of social interactions between criminals and would- be criminals . Assuming that these interactions are ... developing countries of Sub- Saharan Africa , Asia , Europe and Central Asia , Latin America and the Caribbean ...
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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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