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Nonlinear relationship between income, age and criminal victimization in Brazil

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  • E. Sant'Anna

    (University of São Paulo, FEA-RP)

  • L.G. Scorzafave

    (University of Campinas)

  • M. Justus

    (University of Campinas)

Abstract

This study was mainly intended to investigate the effects of the income and age of individuals on their risk of becoming victims of physical assault, theft, robbery and attempted theft or robbery. Specifically, we were looking for evidence for a nonlinear relationship between these variables and victimization risk. Data from a national victimization survey were used to estimate victimization probability models. We found that, except for robbery and physical assault, the relationship between personal income and victimization risk has an inverted-U shape. We also found an inverted U-shape relationship between the age of individuals and victimization risk for the four types of crimes analyzed.

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  • E. Sant'Anna & L.G. Scorzafave & M. Justus, 2016. "Nonlinear relationship between income, age and criminal victimization in Brazil," Economia, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics], vol. 17(2), pages 185-198.
    • Handle: RePEc:anp:econom:v:17:y:2016:2:185_198
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    1. Goh, Lim Thye & Law, Siong Hook, 2023. "The crime rate of five Latin American countries: Does income inequality matter?," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 745-763.
    2. Gustavo Carvalho Moreira & Ana Lucia Kassouf & Marcelo Justus, 2018. "An estimate of the underreporting of violent crimes against property applying stochastic frontier analysis to the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil [Estimativa do subregistro de crimes violentos contra a ," Nova Economia, Economics Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil), vol. 28(3), pages 778-806, September.
    3. Juan Armando Torres Munguía, 2018. "What is behind homicide gender gaps in Mexico? A spatial semiparametric approach," Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers 236, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research.

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    Keywords

    Victimization; Crime; Income; Age; Violence;
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    JEL classification:

    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J44 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations

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