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Safety in the New Zealand sex industry
Meriluoto, Laura; Webb, Rachel; Masselot, Annick; … - In: New Zealand economic papers 49 (2015) 3, pp. 296-317
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Alcohol, violence and injury-induced mortality: evidence from a modern-day prohibition
Barron, Kai; Parry, Charles D. H.; Bradshaw, Debbie; … - 2022
This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013166761
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Alcohol, violence and injury-induced mortality : evidence from a modern-day prohibition
Barron, Kai; Parry, Charles D.H.; Bradshaw, Debbie; … - 2022
This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822103
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Cognitive behaviour therapy reduces crime and violence over 10 years : Experimental evidence
Blattman, Christopher; Chaskel, Sebastian; Jamison, … - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013205049
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Female political representation and violence against women : evidence from Brazil
Delaporte, Magdalena; Pino, Francisco - 2022
This paper studies the effect of female political representation on violence against women. Using a Regression … leads to a reduction in episodes of gender violence. The effect is particularly strong when focusing on incidents of … domestic violence, when the aggressor is the ex-husband/boyfriend, and when victims experienced sexual violence. The evidence …
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Broken windows policing and crime: evidence from 80 Colombian cities
Mejía, Daniel; Norza, Ervyn; Tobón, Santiago; … - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013264884
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Household responses to escalating violence in Mexico
Blanco, Luisa; Grier, Robin Marie; Grier, Kevin; Hicks, … - In: Applied economics letters 28 (2021) 4, pp. 315-318
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The impact of an experimental guaranteed income on crime and violence
Calnitsky, David; Gonalons-Pons, Pilar - 2020
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Climate, crime, and suicide : empirical evidence from Japan
Takahashi, Ryo - In: Climate change economics 8 (2017) 1, pp. 1-14
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How do mass shootings affect community wellbeing?
Soni, Aparna; Tekin, Erdal - 2020
Over the past four decades, more than 2,300 people have been the victims of mass shootings involving a firearm in the United States. Research shows that mass shootings have significant detrimental effects on the direct victims and their families. However, relatively little is known about the...
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