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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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Does violence reduce investment in education? : A theoretical and empirical approach
Barrera, Felipe; Ibáñez, Ana María - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002382861
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Unintended consequences of conservation : estimating the impact of protected areas on violence in Colombia
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Diaz-Gutierrez, Julian Eduardo - In: Journal of environmental economics and management : … 89 (2018), pp. 46-70
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Production and persistence of criminal skills : evidence from a high-crime context
Escobar, Maria A.; Tobón, Santiago; Vanegas-Arias, Martín - In: Journal of development economics 160 (2023), pp. 1-14
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Drug-related crime
Bryan, Mark L.; Del Bono, Emilia; Pudney, Stephen E. - 2013 - This version: 1 July 2013
We provide a critical discussion of the concept drug-related crime and review methods for estimating its volume, emphasising the importance of an appropriately defined counterfactual. We then construct new estimates for England and Wales in 2003-6, combining data from the Arrestee Survey and...
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Estimating value added of illegal production in the Western Balkans
Blades, Derek W. - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 57 (2011) 1, pp. 183-195
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009126377
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Does violence pay? : the effect of ethnic rebellion on overcoming political deprivation
Koos, Carlo - 2014
Studies have found that politically deprived groups are more likely to rebel. However, does rebellion increase the likelihood of achieving political rights? This article proposes that rebellion helps ethnic groups to overcome deprivation. I illustrate this by using a "typical" case (the Ijaw's...
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On the empirics of violence, inequality, and income
Riveros Gavilanes, John Michael - In: Journal of economics & management 45 (2023) 1, pp. 102-136
Aim/purpose - This paper aims to examine with new empirical evidence the joint relationships between violence, income …, the results confirm a strong positive relationship between violence and income inequality. Conversely, a negative but non …-robust relationship exists between violence and real income per capita. Additionally, the findings show that human capital based on years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014325276
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Bargaining in the shadow of the law : divorce laws and family distress
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - In: The quarterly journal of economics 121 (2006) 1, pp. 267-288
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003336458
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Violence in European schools : victimization and consequences
Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor) - 2007
Violence at schools is a well-known problem in many societies. This paper assesses the degree of school violence in 11 … the international TIMSS 2003 and the British longitudinal NCDS data. The level of school violence is high in most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003412058