After reaching a historic peak by the end of the 1990s, homicides in large cities in the state of São Paulo dropped …-25 age bracket and homicides at the statewide and at city levels, and argue that the relationship is causal. We estimate that … a 1% increase in the proportion of 15-to-24-year-old males causes a 4.5% increase in homicides. …

Mimicking the US in 1980 and 1990s, Brazil is a remarkable case of a major shift in homicides. After increasing … steadily throughout the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s, homicides reached a peak in 2003, and then fell. I show a strong … state in the country, and whose shift in homicides has been particularly acute. City-level panel elasticities are similar to …

effects on homicides are documented across three sources of homicide data. …

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 …

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 …