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
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2003
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Universidad de los Andes
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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
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title What part of the income distribution matters for explaining property crime? The case of Colombia
spellingShingle What part of the income distribution matters for explaining property crime? The case of Colombia
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
title_short What part of the income distribution matters for explaining property crime? The case of Colombia
title_full What part of the income distribution matters for explaining property crime? The case of Colombia
title_fullStr What part of the income distribution matters for explaining property crime? The case of Colombia
title_full_unstemmed What part of the income distribution matters for explaining property crime? The case of Colombia
title_sort What part of the income distribution matters for explaining property crime? The case of Colombia
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Bourguignon, François
Sánchez Torres, Fabio José
Núñez Méndez, Jairo Augusto
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Bourguignon, François
Sánchez Torres, Fabio José
Núñez Méndez, Jairo Augusto
dc.subject.keyword.none.fl_str_mv Crime economics
Income distribution
Inequality
topic 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
dc.subject.armarc.none.fl_str_mv Delitos contra la propiedad - Aspectos socioeconómicos - Colombia
Pobreza - Aspectos socioeconómicos - Colombia
Colombia - Condiciones económicas
Colombia - Condiciones sociales
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