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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... schooling of the population appear to be positively ( but weakly ) associated with higher homicide rates . We address this puz- zle ( also found in other empirical studies ) when the regression results are presented . Drug produc- tion ...
... schooling of the population appear to be positively ( but weakly ) associated with higher homicide rates . We address this puz- zle ( also found in other empirical studies ) when the regression results are presented . Drug produc- tion ...
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... schooling and on - the- job training " ( Ehrlich 1975a , 335 ) . Together with the relationship between eco- nomic conditions and crime , one of the main issues in the pioneering studies of Becker ( 1968 ) and Ehrlich ( 1973 , 1975b ...
... schooling and on - the- job training " ( Ehrlich 1975a , 335 ) . Together with the relationship between eco- nomic conditions and crime , one of the main issues in the pioneering studies of Becker ( 1968 ) and Ehrlich ( 1973 , 1975b ...
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... schooling of the population over 15 years of age , as calculated by Barro and Lee ( 1996 ) , and the secondary enroll- ment rate , which was taken from World Bank databases , and is defined as the number of people ( of all ages ) ...
... schooling of the population over 15 years of age , as calculated by Barro and Lee ( 1996 ) , and the secondary enroll- ment rate , which was taken from World Bank databases , and is defined as the number of people ( of all ages ) ...
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... Schooling -.027 -.017 .011 .013 .079 -.052 ( .744 ) ( .814 ) ( .901 ) ( .885 ) ( .384 ) ( .598 ) Urbanization Rate .000 .002 .004 .005 .001 .001 -.001 ( .989 ) ( .791 ) ( .625 ) ( .593 ) ( .920 ) ( .919 ) ( .886 ) Drug Producers Dummy ...
... Schooling -.027 -.017 .011 .013 .079 -.052 ( .744 ) ( .814 ) ( .901 ) ( .885 ) ( .384 ) ( .598 ) Urbanization Rate .000 .002 .004 .005 .001 .001 -.001 ( .989 ) ( .791 ) ( .625 ) ( .593 ) ( .920 ) ( .919 ) ( .886 ) Drug Producers Dummy ...
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... Schooling -.028 090'- -.049 -.073 -.025 -.009 -.046 -.042 -.038 ( .735 ) ( .474 ) ( .559 ) ( .409 ) ( .768 ) ( .911 ) ( .595 ) ( .611 ) ( .660 ) Urbanization Rate .000 .001 -.001 .002 .002 -.004 .001 -.004 .001 ( .977 ) ( .931 ) ( .944 ) ( ...
... Schooling -.028 090'- -.049 -.073 -.025 -.009 -.046 -.042 -.038 ( .735 ) ( .474 ) ( .559 ) ( .409 ) ( .768 ) ( .911 ) ( .595 ) ( .611 ) ( .660 ) Urbanization Rate .000 .001 -.001 .002 .002 -.004 .001 -.004 .001 ( .977 ) ( .931 ) ( .944 ) ( ...
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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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