Crime and Growth Convergence : Evidence from Mexico

Crime and Growth Convergence : Evidence from Mexico

Scholars have often argued that crime deters growth, but the empirical literature assessing such effect is scarce. By exploiting cross-municipality income and crime data for Mexico -- a country that experienced a high increase in crime rates over t...

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Main Authors: Enamorado, Ted, López-Calva, Luis F., Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ARMED FORCES
ASSASSINATION
CELLS
COLLAPSE
CORRUPTION
CRIME
CRIME RATE
CRIME RATES
CRIMES
CRIMINAL
CRIMINAL ACTIONS
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DRUG
DRUG TRAFFIC
DRUG TRAFFICKING
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
ERROR TERM
FIREARMS
GROWTH RATE
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
HOMICIDE
HOMICIDE RATE
HOMICIDE RATES
HOMICIDES
INCOME DATA
INCOME GROWTH
INVESTIGATION
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
LABOR FORCE
LAGGED VALUES
LAW-ENFORCEMENT
LEADERSHIP
LEVELS OF CRIME
MURDER
MURDERS
NATIONAL SECURITY
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NEGATIVE SIGN
ORGANIZED CRIME
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY RESEARCH
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRISON
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
RAPID GROWTH
SECURITY COSTS
SOCIAL SECURITY
STANDARD DEVIATION
THEFT
THREAT
TORTURE
URBAN AREAS
VANDALISM
VICTIMS
VIOLENCE
VIOLENT CRIME
spatial inequality
convergence
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18683099/crime-growth-convergence-evidence-mexico
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16946

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18683099/crime-growth-convergence-evidence-mexico
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16946

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