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Determinants of the Crime Rate in Argentina during the 90's

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Ana María Cerro (Universidad Nacional de Tucumán)
Osvaldo Meloni (Universidad Nacional de Tucumán)

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Since Adam Smith, economists have emphasized income distribution and unemployment as key elements to explain criminal behavior. However, the empirical evidence did not always confirm such conjecture. Departing from the theoretical framework proposed by Becker (1968), the present paper identifies the determinants of the crime rate in Argentina using a panel data for 1990-99. As in previous papers studying the Argentina case, it is found that deterrence variables are important. However, unlike those papers, income distribution, unemployment and per capita GDP also played crucial roles, which has important implications for policy design. Classification JEL: K4, I3

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  1. Daniel Y. Lee & Stephen J. Holoviak, 2006. "Unemployment and crime: an empirical investigation," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 13(12), pages 805-810, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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