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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... dependent vari- able is the national crime rate and the explana- tory variables are a number of national economic and social characteristics . We first link those A SIMPLE , REDUCED - FORM MODEL OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. 7 VI.
... dependent vari- able is the national crime rate and the explana- tory variables are a number of national economic and social characteristics . We first link those A SIMPLE , REDUCED - FORM MODEL OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. 7 VI.
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... dependent variables , we consider the incidence of two types of crime , namely , inten- tional homicide and robbery . Under - reporting is a major problem related to the available measures of crime . It is well known that mis ...
... dependent variables , we consider the incidence of two types of crime , namely , inten- tional homicide and robbery . Under - reporting is a major problem related to the available measures of crime . It is well known that mis ...
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... dependent variables for the period 1970–94 , but the averages were calculated using only the ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) ( 6 ) ( 7 ) Log of GNP per Capita -.004 -.096 -.278 -.090 .014 -.078 -.032 ( .981 ) ( .577 ) ( .125 ) ( .649 ) ...
... dependent variables for the period 1970–94 , but the averages were calculated using only the ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) ( 6 ) ( 7 ) Log of GNP per Capita -.004 -.096 -.278 -.090 .014 -.078 -.032 ( .981 ) ( .577 ) ( .125 ) ( .649 ) ...
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... dependent variable , Y - 1 - Yi , -2 . Under the assumption that the error term e is not serially correlated , the following moment conditions apply in relation to , respectively , the lagged depen- dent variable and the set of ...
... dependent variable , Y - 1 - Yi , -2 . Under the assumption that the error term e is not serially correlated , the following moment conditions apply in relation to , respectively , the lagged depen- dent variable and the set of ...
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... dependent variable ) model , joint endo- geneity of the explanatory variables , and serially- uncorrelated crime rate mis - measurement . The moment conditions presented above can be used in the context of the Generalized Method of ...
... dependent variable ) model , joint endo- geneity of the explanatory variables , and serially- uncorrelated crime rate mis - measurement . The moment conditions presented above can be used in the context of the Generalized Method of ...
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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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