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Determinantes socioeconómicos y demográficos del crimen en Chile

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Javier Núñez
Jorge Rivera
Xavier Villavicencio
Oscar Molina ()

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Este trabajo, pionero en nuestro país, analiza los determinantes de la criminalidad en Chile a nivel regional por medio de la estimación de un panel estático para las trece regiones geográficas entre 1988 y 2000. Basándose en el modelo teórico tradicional de Becker-Ehrlich, este estudio plantea un modelo empírico que incluye diversas variables asociadas a los incentivos para delinquir tales como: medidas de los ingresos en actividades legales (laborales) e ilegales (delincuencia), las oportunidades de ingreso legal representadas por medio de la tasa de desempleo regional y medidas de la efectividad del sistema policial a nivel regional, por medio de la razón de capturas realizadas sobre delitos denunciados. Adicionalmente, el modelo incluye características demográficas y socioeconómicas que presumiblemente están asociadas al nivel de criminalidad: la composición etaria, de género y la composición urbano-rural de la población regional, el nivel de escolaridad y analfabetismo e índices de pobreza y de

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Article provided by University of Chile, Department of Economics in its journal Estudios de Economia.

Volume (Year): 30 (2003)
Issue (Month): 1 Year 2003 (June)
Pages: 55-85
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Keywords: Crimen; Disuasión; Comportamiento criminal; Determinantes del crimen.;

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J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
K14 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Criminal Law
K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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