Inequality, crime, and the long run legacy of slavery

This paper investigates the relationship between economic inequality and crime in Colombian municipalities. Following recent scholarly research that suggests that the legacy of slavery is largely manifest in persistent levels of economic inequality, we instrument economic inequality with a census-ba...

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2019
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Universidad del Rosario
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.12.022
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22331
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Colombia
Crime
Inequality
Slavery
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spelling 0a1e464a-00ce-4138-a9e6-7bdd78ffb00c799502236002020-05-25T23:56:08Z2020-05-25T23:56:08Z2019This paper investigates the relationship between economic inequality and crime in Colombian municipalities. Following recent scholarly research that suggests that the legacy of slavery is largely manifest in persistent levels of economic inequality, we instrument economic inequality with a census-based measure of the proportion of slaves in each municipality before the abolition of slavery in the 19 century. We also explore the robustness of our estimates to relaxing the exclusion restriction, as the slavery instrument is only plausibly exogenous. We document a strong association between inequality and both violent and property crime rates at the municipal level. Our estimates are robust to including traditional determinants of crime (like population density, the proportion of young males, the average education level, the quality of law enforcement institutions, and the overall economic activity), as well as current ethnic differences and geographic characteristics that may be correlated both with the slave economy and with crime. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.application/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.12.0221672681https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22331engElsevier B.V.552539Journal of Economic Behavior and OrganizationVol. 159Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, ISSN:1672681, Vol.159,(2019); pp. 539-552https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85039902123&doi=10.1016%2fj.jebo.2017.12.022&partnerID=40&md5=1cc76ca7b3704677fccc2ea54cdd6e7aAbierto (Texto Completo)http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2instname:Universidad del Rosarioreponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocURColombiaCrimeInequalitySlaveryInequality, crime, and the long run legacy of slaveryarticleArtículohttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Buonanno, PaoloVargas Duque, Juan Fernando10336/22331oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/223312022-05-02 07:37:17.573592https://repository.urosario.edu.coRepositorio institucional EdocURedocur@urosario.edu.co
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title Inequality, crime, and the long run legacy of slavery
spellingShingle Inequality, crime, and the long run legacy of slavery
Colombia
Crime
Inequality
Slavery
title_short Inequality, crime, and the long run legacy of slavery
title_full Inequality, crime, and the long run legacy of slavery
title_fullStr Inequality, crime, and the long run legacy of slavery
title_full_unstemmed Inequality, crime, and the long run legacy of slavery
title_sort Inequality, crime, and the long run legacy of slavery
dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv Colombia
Crime
Inequality
Slavery
topic Colombia
Crime
Inequality
Slavery
description This paper investigates the relationship between economic inequality and crime in Colombian municipalities. Following recent scholarly research that suggests that the legacy of slavery is largely manifest in persistent levels of economic inequality, we instrument economic inequality with a census-based measure of the proportion of slaves in each municipality before the abolition of slavery in the 19 century. We also explore the robustness of our estimates to relaxing the exclusion restriction, as the slavery instrument is only plausibly exogenous. We document a strong association between inequality and both violent and property crime rates at the municipal level. Our estimates are robust to including traditional determinants of crime (like population density, the proportion of young males, the average education level, the quality of law enforcement institutions, and the overall economic activity), as well as current ethnic differences and geographic characteristics that may be correlated both with the slave economy and with crime. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.
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