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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... Regressions B. Panel Regressions VI . CONCLUSIONS APPENDIX : DATA DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES NOTES ........ REFERENCES TABLES V ..vii .3 .11 .15 .17 .18 .23 .31 .33 ..41 .43 Table 1. Summary Statistics for Crime ........ Table 2. OLS Cross ...
... Regressions B. Panel Regressions VI . CONCLUSIONS APPENDIX : DATA DESCRIPTION AND SOURCES NOTES ........ REFERENCES TABLES V ..vii .3 .11 .15 .17 .18 .23 .31 .33 ..41 .43 Table 1. Summary Statistics for Crime ........ Table 2. OLS Cross ...
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... regression results are presented . Drug produc- tion and drug possession are both significantly associated with higher crime rates . Regarding dynamic effects , we find that the homicide rate rises during periods of low economic ...
... regression results are presented . Drug produc- tion and drug possession are both significantly associated with higher crime rates . Regarding dynamic effects , we find that the homicide rate rises during periods of low economic ...
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... regressions were run for high - income communities alone . The effects of income levels and distribu- tion on crime were further analyzed by Ehrlich ( 1973 , 538-540 ) . He argued that payoffs to crime , especially property crime ...
... regressions were run for high - income communities alone . The effects of income levels and distribu- tion on crime were further analyzed by Ehrlich ( 1973 , 538-540 ) . He argued that payoffs to crime , especially property crime ...
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... regression results for the U.S. states in 1960 , Ehrlich ( 1981 ) concluded that , " in practice the overwhelming portion of the total preventive effect of impris- onment is attributable to its pure deterrent effect . " Moreover ...
... regression results for the U.S. states in 1960 , Ehrlich ( 1981 ) concluded that , " in practice the overwhelming portion of the total preventive effect of impris- onment is attributable to its pure deterrent effect . " Moreover ...
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... regression equation , d = βΨ + μ ( 5 ) The assumption of linearity in both the func- tional form of f and the probability model are , of course , arbitrary . They are chosen because they allow the aggregation of equation ( 5 ) . Given ...
... regression equation , d = βΨ + μ ( 5 ) The assumption of linearity in both the func- tional form of f and the probability model are , of course , arbitrary . They are chosen because they allow the aggregation of equation ( 5 ) . Given ...
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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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