The objective of this study is to shed light on the determinants of criminality in Brazil. In order to undertake it we performed an econometric model based in panel data analysis for Brazilian states: Among the major conclusions we have an important result that income inequality plays an...

Este artigo estimou, por meio de dados de painel, o efeito de variáveis econômicas sobre a taxa de suicídios nos estados brasileiros. Foram usados dados de todos os estados brasileiros, exceto o estado de Tocantins, para o período 1981-2006. Os resultados econométricos sugerem que fatores...

This study aims at shedding light on the issue of criminality in Brazil. Previous analyses have concentrated on the impact of social factors, such as inequality, on criminality, however without making explicit the mechanism by which this variable works. The main hypothesis here is that the agent...

Unlike the work of Hamermesh and Biddle (1994) where personal appearance is linked to subjective factors such as beauty, this work tries to focus more objectively, relating appearance to certain physical characteristics such as weight, height, and physical disability which can influence an...