The authors review the recent literature on crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean and present a broad … manifestations of crime and violence in Latin America. They also discuss the ways in which violence affects development, the root … causes of violence, and the empirical evidence on the determinants of crime. The authors conclude by stressing that …

mandatory participation in military service and crime. The authors exploit the random assignment through a draft lottery of …

The Prevalence rate of violence, as measured by such indicators as domestic assault, homicide, and crime victimization …

performance of democracy is rather independent of the circumstances. However, democracy leads to more redistribution in favor of …

"The authors use a sample of 147 countries to investigate the link between democracy and reforms. Democracy may be … economic institutions. The results provide robust support for the claim that democracy is good for growth-enhancing reforms …

Ideology, as proxied by a country's dominant religion, seems to be related to inequality. In Judeo-Christian societies … increased democratization appears to lower inequality; in Muslim and Confucian societies it has an insignificant effect. One … of inequality, while Judeo-Christian societies, where family ties are weaker, use political action …