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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... observation that income inequality raises crime rates , it is possible to infer that certain crime rates are " directly related to inequalities in schooling and on - the- job training " ( Ehrlich 1975a , 335 ) . Together with the ...
... observation that income inequality raises crime rates , it is possible to infer that certain crime rates are " directly related to inequalities in schooling and on - the- job training " ( Ehrlich 1975a , 335 ) . Together with the ...
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... observations that show suspicious changes in the magnitude of the reported number of intentional homicides and robberies . Third , the panel data techniques used in the econometric exercises effectively eliminate some of the statistical ...
... observations that show suspicious changes in the magnitude of the reported number of intentional homicides and robberies . Third , the panel data techniques used in the econometric exercises effectively eliminate some of the statistical ...
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... Observations 58 53 62 52 44 42 51 annual observations for which the homicide data was available . 18 DETERMINANTS OF CRIME RATES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE WORLD XI.
... Observations 58 53 62 52 44 42 51 annual observations for which the homicide data was available . 18 DETERMINANTS OF CRIME RATES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE WORLD XI.
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An Empirical Assessment Pablo Fajnzylber, Daniel Lederman, Norman Loayza. annual observations for which the homicide data was ... Observations 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 levels of poverty , are associated with changes in violent EMPIRICAL ...
An Empirical Assessment Pablo Fajnzylber, Daniel Lederman, Norman Loayza. annual observations for which the homicide data was ... Observations 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 levels of poverty , are associated with changes in violent EMPIRICAL ...
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... .374 .469 .495 .404 .410 .460 Adjusted R2 .375 .283 .402 .406 .264 .235 .355 Number of Observations 50 48 54 48 38 36 44 both per capita GNP ( correlation about 0.5 ) and 20 DETERMINANTS OF CRIME RATES LATIN AMERICA AND THE WORLD IN.
... .374 .469 .495 .404 .410 .460 Adjusted R2 .375 .283 .402 .406 .264 .235 .355 Number of Observations 50 48 54 48 38 36 44 both per capita GNP ( correlation about 0.5 ) and 20 DETERMINANTS OF CRIME RATES LATIN AMERICA AND THE WORLD IN.
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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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