Internal forced displacement and crime: Evidence from Colombia

Internal forced displacement, a phenomenon associated to internal conflict, poses important socio-economic challenges for the receiving areas. One of the most relevant aspects is related to crime, since the reception of forced displaced persons might increase inequality and the heterogeneity of popu...

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Autores:
Mejia Mejia, Juan Felipe
Velasquez Ceballos, Hermilson
Sanchez Saldarriaga, Andres Felipe
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Fecha de publicación:
2018
Institución:
Universidad EAFIT
Repositorio:
Repositorio EAFIT
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/12579
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10784/12579
Palabra clave:
Internal Forced Displacement
Internal Migrations
Crime
Spatial Panel
Rights
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Summary:Internal forced displacement, a phenomenon associated to internal conflict, poses important socio-economic challenges for the receiving areas. One of the most relevant aspects is related to crime, since the reception of forced displaced persons might increase inequality and the heterogeneity of population. This paper studies the relationship between internal forced displacement and crime. We use a panel of Colombian municipalities for the period 2003-2016. We include spatial patterns for the study of crime, allowing to capture the dynamics of this relationship across time and space. Our results provide evidence of a spatial correlation between crime and internal forced displacement.