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The effect of violence on birth outcomes : evidence from homicides in rural Brazil

Koppensteiner, Martin; Manacorda, Marco - 2013

the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence -measured by homicide rates- on birth outcomes. Focusing on small … communities, where it is more plausible that local homicide rates reflect actual exposure to violence, the analysis shows that … exposure to violence during pregnancy leads to deterioration in birth outcomes: one extra homicide during the first trimester …

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When women win : can female representation decrease gender-based violence?

Frisancho Robles, Verónica; Pappa, Euē; Santantonio, … - 2022

gender-based violence has been limited. Previous studies have highlighted the effect of female political representation on … incidence of gender-based violence in the United States. Using a regression discontinuity design on mixed-gender races, we find …

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Pollution or crime : the effect of driving restrictions on criminal activity

Carrillo, Paul E.; López, Andrea; Malik, Arun S. - 2016

Driving restriction programs have been implemented in many cities around the world to alleviate pollution and congestion problems. Enforcement of such programs is costly and can potentially displace policing resources used for crime prevention and crime detection. Hence, driving restrictions may...

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Crime concentration and hot spot dynamics in Latin America

Jaitman, Laura; Ajzenman, Nicolas - 2016

Latin America and the Caribbean is the most violent region in the world, with an annual homicide rate of more than 20 per 100,000 population and with an increasing trend. Yet most evidence of crime concentration, geo-temporal patterns, and event dependence comes from cities in high-income...

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Blue-collar crime and finance

Bernales, Alejandro; Beuermann, Diether W.; Cumming, … - 2019

Relatively little is known about the effects of blue-collar crime (theft, robbery, vandalism or arson) on financial decisions. Previous literature has focused its attention either on 'regional' crime rates or the 'perception' of crime as business obstacles. Instead, we examine financing terms of...

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Inequality, crime, and the long-run legacy of slavery

Buonanno, Paolo; Vargas, Juan F. - 2017

Estimating the effect of inequality on crime is challenging due to reverse causality and omitted variable bias. This paper addresses these concerns by exploiting the fact that, as suggested by recent scholarly research, the legacy of slavery is largely manifested in persistent levels of economic...

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Mind the gap : bridging the perception of crime rates with information

Ardanaz, Martin; Corbacho, Ana; Ruiz-Vega, Mauricio - 2014

Gains from government crime-reducing programs are not always visible to the average citizen. The media overexpose crime events, but the absence of crime rarely makes the news, increasing the risk that citizen may have inaccurate perceptions of security. Through a survey experiment carried out in...

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Remittances and the impact on crime in Mexico

Brito, Steve; Corbacho, Ana; Osorio Rivas, René - 2014

This working paper studies the effect of remittances from the United States on crime rates in Mexico. The topic is examined using municipal-level data on the percent of household receiving remittances and homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. Remittances are found to be associated with a decrease...

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Crime time : how ambient light affects crime

Domínguez, Patricio; Asahi, Kenzo - 2019

This paper studies the effect of ambient light on crime, taking advantage of the daylight saving time (DST) policy, which imposes exogenous variations in daylight exposure at specific hours of the day. The paper uses a rich administrative database managed by Chile's national police, a...

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Crime and government expenditure in Brazil : estimating the impact of government security spending on homicide rates

Gomes, Camila - 2018

have analyzed or exposed evidence of the impact of public security spending on deterring violence in the country. This may …

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