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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... possible causes of the persistence of crime over time ( criminal inertia ) . The empirical implemen- tation of the model estimates several econometric models attempting to capture the determinants of crime rates across countries and ...
... possible causes of the persistence of crime over time ( criminal inertia ) . The empirical implemen- tation of the model estimates several econometric models attempting to capture the determinants of crime rates across countries and ...
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... possible explana- tions of this puzzling empirical finding were pro- vided by the author . First , it is possible that edu- cation may raise the marginal product of labor in the crime industry to a greater extent than for legitimate ...
... possible explana- tions of this puzzling empirical finding were pro- vided by the author . First , it is possible that edu- cation may raise the marginal product of labor in the crime industry to a greater extent than for legitimate ...
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... possible endogeneity of the perceived probability of punishment of offenders , and emphasize that the timing of the rewards and punishments from crime will affect the incidence of criminal activity over time . Davis ( 1988 ) , for ...
... possible endogeneity of the perceived probability of punishment of offenders , and emphasize that the timing of the rewards and punishments from crime will affect the incidence of criminal activity over time . Davis ( 1988 ) , for ...
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... possible factor in explaining crime rates across nations . We also include in our empirical exercise the proportion of the total population encom- passed by males belonging to the 15-29 age group , which is — at least in the U.S. - the ...
... possible factor in explaining crime rates across nations . We also include in our empirical exercise the proportion of the total population encom- passed by males belonging to the 15-29 age group , which is — at least in the U.S. - the ...
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... possible that the expected crime- reducing effects of education are captured by the measures of both national income per capita and income distribution , also present in the homicide rate regression equation . We will reconsider the ...
... possible that the expected crime- reducing effects of education are captured by the measures of both national income per capita and income distribution , also present in the homicide rate regression equation . We will reconsider the ...
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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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