What part of the income distribution matters for explaining property crime? The case of Colombia

Inequality has always been taken as a major explanatory factor of the rate of crime. Yet, the evidence in favor of that hypothesis is weak. Pure cross-sectional analyses show significant positive effects but do not control for fixed effects. Time series and panel data point to a variety of results,...

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Autores:
Bourguignon, François
Sánchez Torres, Fabio José
Núñez Méndez, Jairo Augusto
Tipo de recurso:
Work document
Fecha de publicación:
2003
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/8302
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8302
Palabra clave:
Crime economics
Income distribution
Inequality
Delitos contra la propiedad - Aspectos socioeconómicos - Colombia
Pobreza - Aspectos socioeconómicos - Colombia
Colombia - Condiciones económicas
Colombia - Condiciones sociales
C23, D3, D63, K42
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/