activities. We exploit the random assignment of young men to military service in Argentina through a draft lottery to identify …

Buenos Aires, Argentina. We find a large, significant, robust, and immediate decline in crime following quarantine … restrictions. We observe the effect on property crime reported to official agencies, police arrests, and crime reported in … still large in commercial and residential areas (including informal settlements). After the sharp and immediate fall, crime …

who are the victims of crime are subsequently more likely than non-victims to state that inequality is high in Argentina … and that the appropriate measure to reduce crime is to become less punitive (demanding lower penalties for the same crime). …

In the last three decades Argentina tripled its crime rate boosting safety at the top of mayor concerns of Argentinians … which leaves open the question about the behavior of incumbent governors of the 24 districts about anti-crime measures in … the proximity of elections. How do incumbent governors react to escalating crime as elections approach? Do they carry out …

advantage of a dramatic increase in crime rates in Argentina during the late 1990s to document several interesting patterns …The study of how crime affects different income groups faces several difficulties. The first is that crime …-avoiding activities vary across income groups. Thus, a lower victimization rate in one group may not reflect a lower burden of crime, but …

Buenos Aires, Argentina. We find a large, significant, robust, and immediate decline in crime following quarantine … restrictions. We observe the effect on property crime reported to official agencies, police arrests, and crime reported in … still large in commercial and residential areas (including informal settlements). After the sharp and immediate fall, crime …

A large body of empirical research suggests that welfare spending reduces crime. Contrary to this dominant finding, a … few recent studies conclude that there is no relationship between several measures of welfare spending and serious crime … total crime although the effect was rather weak. The analyses of various types of crime show that the influence of the …

In the last three decades Argentina tripled its crime rate boosting safety at the top of mayor concerns of Argentineans … investigates electorally-motivated crime rate fluctuations in Argentina for the period 1984-2007. District–level dynamic panel data … which leaves open the question about the behavior of incumbent governors of the 23 provinces about anti-crime measures in …