Despite the widespread debate about crime in Brazil and the alarming increase in homicides in recent years, few studies … be due to issues of endogeneity when estimating the relationship between security spending and the rate of homicides. The … leads to a decrease of 0.6 per 100,000 people in the number of homicides. …

Despite the widespread debate about crime in Brazil and the alarming increase in homicides in recent years, few studies … may be due to issues of endogeneity when estimating the relationship between securi ty spending and the rate of homicides … security expenditure leads to a decrease of 0.6 per 100,000 people in the number of homicides. …

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 …

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 …

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