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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... dynamic effects , we find that the homicide rate rises during periods of low economic activity . Also , we find that crime tends to persist over time ( criminal inertia ) , even after controlling for other determinants of criminal ...
... dynamic effects , we find that the homicide rate rises during periods of low economic activity . Also , we find that crime tends to persist over time ( criminal inertia ) , even after controlling for other determinants of criminal ...
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... dynamic ( lagged - 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 ...
... dynamic ( lagged - 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 ...
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... Correlation : p - value Number of Observations ( Countries ) 153 ( 68 ) 85 ( 45 ) 76 ( 42 ) 49 ( 27 ) 31 ( 21 ) thus , the dynamic model is supported by the specification 26 DETERMINANTS OF CRIME RATES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE WORLD.
... Correlation : p - value Number of Observations ( Countries ) 153 ( 68 ) 85 ( 45 ) 76 ( 42 ) 49 ( 27 ) 31 ( 21 ) thus , the dynamic model is supported by the specification 26 DETERMINANTS OF CRIME RATES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE WORLD.
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... dynamic ) and / or the country - specific effect . When the lagged homicide rate is included in subsequent regressions , both the hypothesis of lack of resid- ual serial correlation and the hypothesis of no correlation between the error ...
... dynamic ) and / or the country - specific effect . When the lagged homicide rate is included in subsequent regressions , both the hypothesis of lack of resid- ual serial correlation and the hypothesis of no correlation between the error ...
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An Empirical Assessment Pablo Fajnzylber, Daniel Lederman, Norman Loayza. thus , the dynamic model is supported by the specification tests . The dynamic model with country - specific effects ( regressions ( 7 ) and ( 8 ) ) is also ...
An Empirical Assessment Pablo Fajnzylber, Daniel Lederman, Norman Loayza. thus , the dynamic model is supported by the specification tests . The dynamic model with country - specific effects ( regressions ( 7 ) and ( 8 ) ) is also ...
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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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