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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... illegal activities . In his economet- ric analysis of the determinants of state crime rates in the U.S. in 1960 , Ehrlich ( 1973 , 546-551 ) found that higher median family incomes were associated with higher rates of murder , rape ...
... illegal activities . In his economet- ric analysis of the determinants of state crime rates in the U.S. in 1960 , Ehrlich ( 1973 , 546-551 ) found that higher median family incomes were associated with higher rates of murder , rape ...
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... illegal income will be affected by his / her tastes for the risk involved . Becker ( 1968 , 178 ) and Ehrlich ( 1973 , 528 ) , for example , established that a risk - neutral offender will tend to spend more time in criminal activity ...
... illegal income will be affected by his / her tastes for the risk involved . Becker ( 1968 , 178 ) and Ehrlich ( 1973 , 528 ) , for example , established that a risk - neutral offender will tend to spend more time in criminal activity ...
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... illegal activities , then it is more likely that education will induce individuals not to commit crimes . In addition , following Tauchen and Witte ( 1994 ) , it is possi- ble that school enrollment alone ( independently of the level of ...
... illegal activities , then it is more likely that education will induce individuals not to commit crimes . In addition , following Tauchen and Witte ( 1994 ) , it is possi- ble that school enrollment alone ( independently of the level of ...
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... illegal activities . As a proxy of the average income of the countries involved in our econometric study , we use the ( log of ) Gross National Product ( GNP ) per capita , in prices of 1987. The figures were converted to U.S. dollars ...
... illegal activities . As a proxy of the average income of the countries involved in our econometric study , we use the ( log of ) Gross National Product ( GNP ) per capita , in prices of 1987. The figures were converted to U.S. dollars ...
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... illegal activity , and for the corresponding severity of the punishments . To capture the first component of the crime deter- rence efforts of a given society , we used both the number of police personnel per 100,000 inhabi- tants , and ...
... illegal activity , and for the corresponding severity of the punishments . To capture the first component of the crime deter- rence efforts of a given society , we used both the number of police personnel per 100,000 inhabi- tants , and ...
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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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