health indicators. Taking 2017 as a reference, we estimate that homicides related to drug prohibition lead to a reduction in …

low birthweight and prematurity. Effects are found in both rural areas, where homicides are rare, and in urban areas …

examined using municipal-level data on the percent of household receiving remittances and homicides per 100,000 inhabitants …

low birthweight and prematurity. Effects are found in both rural areas, where homicides are rare, and in urban areas … estimates imply that homicides are responsible for around 10 percent of the incidence of low birthweight (<=2.5 kg) in urban …

persistence in homicides. The focus is on a global sample of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is … persistence in homicides is sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), followed by Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and then … account for persistence in global homicides: crime, political instability and weapons import positively affect homicides …

relationship between child access prevention (CAP) laws and firearm-related homicides committed by juveniles. Our results suggest … that CAP laws are associated with a 19 percent reduction in juvenile firearm-related homicides. The estimated effect is … that CAP laws are associated with firearm-related homicides committed by adults or with non-firearm-related homicides …

analysis of homicides rate during 2000- 2010 is undertaken through the inclusion of temporal dynamic characteristics in a … that affects the demographic dynamics and social connectivity of the last decade that affects homicides and their temporal … density of young population and low coverage in secondary education affect the diffusion and concentration of homicides in …

In this paper, we investigate the effect of student exposure to homicides on their educational performance and human … exposure to homicides in the public way on these outcomes. Using within-school and within-corridor estimates, we show that … and Portuguese language and increases dropout rates. We construct measures of student exposure to homicides on their way …