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There is virtually a consensus that the ratio of suicides committed with guns to total suicides is the best way to indirectly measure gun ownership across different locations. However, such a proxy is not accurate for any locality with low population density in view that suicides are rare...
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This article analyses the effects of public expenditure on the Bolsa Família Program on the Brazilian crime rate. It …
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tendencies and uncertainties for public security. The article is divided in three areas, which are: crime and the sense of …
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There is a consensus that the proportion of suicides committed with a firearm is the best proxy for gun ownership prevalence. Cerqueira et al. (2018) exploit the socioeconomic characteristics of suicide victims in order to develop a new and more refined proxy. It is based on the fixed effects of...
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The opportunities in the labor market and formation of human capital (education) affect the implicit costs of engaging in illegal activities. In this article we empirically investigate the effect that the unemployment rate, which real income in the labor market and which school atandence rate...
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Despite the widespread debate about crime in Brazil and the alarming increase in homicides in recent years, few studies …
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There is virtually a consensus that the ratio of suicides committed with guns to total suicides is the best way to indirectly measure gun ownership across different locations. However, such a proxy is not accurate for any locality with low population density in view that suicides are rare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011565501