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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... indicate that changes in income distribution , rather than changes in the absolute ( 8 ) ( 9 ) ( 10 ) ( 11 ) ( 12 ) ( 13 ) ( 14 ) ( 15 ) ( 16 ) Log of GNP per Capita -.006 -.077 -.038 -.069 -.030 -.132 .012 .046 -.024 ( .974 ) ( .674 ) ...
... indicate that changes in income distribution , rather than changes in the absolute ( 8 ) ( 9 ) ( 10 ) ( 11 ) ( 12 ) ( 13 ) ( 14 ) ( 15 ) ( 16 ) Log of GNP per Capita -.006 -.077 -.038 -.069 -.030 -.132 .012 .046 -.024 ( .974 ) ( .674 ) ...
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... indicate that high convictions rates tend to deter criminal activity independently of the incapacitation effect of the death penalty . However , as for most results of these OLS cross - sectional regressions , this result must be ...
... indicate that high convictions rates tend to deter criminal activity independently of the incapacitation effect of the death penalty . However , as for most results of these OLS cross - sectional regressions , this result must be ...
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... indicate that this type of crime may be related to population density and the social interactions that arise from it . As in the homicide regression , the index of ethno - linguistic fractionalization is also not a significant determi ...
... indicate that this type of crime may be related to population density and the social interactions that arise from it . As in the homicide regression , the index of ethno - linguistic fractionalization is also not a significant determi ...
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... indicates that country - specific factors explain only a portion of criminal inertia . As in the cross - sectional regressions , the level of income per capita does not have an indepen- dent , significant effect on the homicide rate ...
... indicates that country - specific factors explain only a portion of criminal inertia . As in the cross - sectional regressions , the level of income per capita does not have an indepen- dent , significant effect on the homicide rate ...
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... indicating few ethi- cal problems in conducting business . ICRG measure of law and order tradition , ranging from 1 to 6 , with lower ratings indicating a tradi- tion of depending on physical force or illegal means to settle claims , as ...
... indicating few ethi- cal problems in conducting business . ICRG measure of law and order tradition , ranging from 1 to 6 , with lower ratings indicating a tradi- tion of depending on physical force or illegal means to settle claims , as ...
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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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