Determinants of the crime rate in Argentina during the '90s

Ana María Cerro and Osvaldo Meloni ()

Estudios de Economia, 2000, vol. 27, issue 2 Year 2000, pages 297-311

Abstract: Based on Becker’s theoretical model, the present paper estimates econometrically the determinants of the crime rate in Argentina for the 1990-1999 period. Like previous empirical applications for Argentina, a significant deterrence effect was found. However unlike them we find a strong socio-economic effect on the crime rate. The unemployment rate and the income inequality indicator were found to have a positive and significant effects on the crime rate.

Keywords: Criminal rate; Argentina. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D33 J60 C23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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