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Demografía, juventud y homicidios en Colombia, 1979-2006
Mejía, Leonardo Bonilla - BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA - ECONOMÍA REGIONAL - 2009
En este documento se busca esclarecer si el hecho de que entre 1979 y 2006, Colombia tuvo una mayor proporción de …
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Demografía, juventud y homicidios en Colombia, 1979-2006
Mejía, Leonardo Bonilla - In: Lecturas de Economia (2010)
which homicide rates reached historical maximums. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between these two … phenomena. Can the explosive increases in homicide rates be attributed to demographic change? Cohort-level data on population … and homicide victims is used to explore two mechanisms through which population forces could affect homicide rates; these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010763770
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Revisión de la literatura económica reciente sobre las causas de la violencia homicida en Colombia
Mejía, Leonardo Bonilla - BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA - ECONOMÍA REGIONAL - 2009
Colombia. La motivación principal de este trabajo es que en el Centro de Estudios Económicos Regionales del Banco de la … en Colombia, y se considera que un balance de este tipo siempre es un buen punto de inicio. Una vez expuestas, a partir … en Latinoamérica y Colombia. …
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Sex, violence, and drugs among Latin American and Caribbean adolescents : do engaged parents make a difference?
Ruprah, Inder S.; Sierra, Ricardo - 2016
This paper uses data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey to investigate the prevalence of health risk behaviors, in particular substance use, risky sexual behavior, and violence among adolescents in 15 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Using logit regressions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457264
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Abortion and crime: Cross-country evidence from Europe
François, Abel; Magni-Berton, Raul; Weill, Laurent - In: International Review of Law and Economics 40 (2014) C, pp. 24-35
, homicide and theft. We also observe support for the impact of legalization of abortion on the reduction of crime when …
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Abortion and Crime: Cross-Country Evidence from Europe
François, Abel; Magni-Berton, Raul; Weill, Laurent - Laboratoire de Recherche en Gestion (LaRGE), Institut … - 2013
abortion rate has a significant and negative impact on crime rates, specifically, homicide and theft. We also observe support …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696090
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Access to Guns in the Heat of the Moment: More Restrictive Gun Laws Mitigate the Effect of Temperature on Violence
Colmer, Jonathan; Doleac, Jennifer - 2023
carry laws attenuate the temperature–homicide relationship. Additional results suggest that restrictions primarily decrease …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377150
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Access to Guns in the Heat of the Moment: More Restrictive Gun Laws Mitigate the Effect of Temperature on Violence
Colmer, Jonathan; Doleac, Jennifer L. - 2023
carry laws attenuate the temperature-homicide relationship. Additional results suggest that restrictions primarily decrease …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377499
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How Do Mass Shootings Affect Community Wellbeing?
Soni, Aparna; Tekin, Erdal - 2020
Over the past four decades, more than 2,300 people have been the victims of mass shootings involving a firearm in the United States. Research shows that mass shootings have significant detrimental effects on the direct victims and their families. However, relatively little is known about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497780
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How do mass shootings affect community wellbeing?
Soni, Aparna; Tekin, Erdal - 2020
Over the past four decades, more than 2,300 people have been the victims of mass shootings involving a firearm in the United States. Research shows that mass shootings have significant detrimental effects on the direct victims and their families. However, relatively little is known about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012316219