Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=8hyjUjH7Kv" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=8hyjUjH7Kv</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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Dados

ISSN

0011-5258

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

64

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

BR - Brazilská federativní republika

Počet stran výsledku

35

Strana od-do

1-35

Kód UT WoS článku

000619064100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85102760761