Cities and violence : an empirical analysis of the case of costa rica [Villes et violence: une analyse empirique du cas du costa rica] [Cidades e violência: Uma análise empírica do caso de costa rica] [Ciudades y violencia: Un análisis empírico del caso de costa rica]

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F21%3A10447714" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/21:10447714 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=CQC-Pgbdzs" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=CQC-Pgbdzs</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/DADOS.2021.64.1.225" target="_blank" >10.1590/DADOS.2021.64.1.225</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Cities and violence : an empirical analysis of the case of costa rica [Villes et violence: une analyse empirique du cas du costa rica] [Cidades e violência: Uma análise empírica do caso de costa rica] [Ciudades y violencia: Un análisis empírico del caso de costa rica]

Original language description

This article focuses on the effect of urbanization on violent crime - particularly homicide in Costa Rica. Although violence is a major problem throughout Latin America, few empirical studies carried out in the area use high-quality socioeconomic and crime databases with a high level of geographical disaggregation. In this article, we employ data from all 473 districts of Costa Rica between 2010 and 2013. We develop a model which takes into account endogeneity problems and uses contrasts of marginal linear predictions. We conclude that the degree of urban concentration plays a key role in explaining homicide rates, other things being equal. This effect is progressive: the greater the urban concentration, the greater the increase in homicide rates. This causal relationship is not observed in offenses other than homicide. (C) 2021, Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Politicos (IESP), UERJ. All rights reserved.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Dados

ISSN

0011-5258

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

64

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

BR - BRAZIL

Number of pages

35

Pages from-to

1-35

UT code for WoS article

000619064100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85102760761