Crime and Persistent Punishment : A Long-Run Perspective on the Links between Violence and Chronic Poverty in Mexico
The relationship between violence and chronic poverty has been studied mostly in the context of war or long-term episodes of conflict. In contrast to previous studies, this paper explores whether violence that does not include the shattering of inf...
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okr-10986-246222021-04-23T14:04:23Z Crime and Persistent Punishment : A Long-Run Perspective on the Links between Violence and Chronic Poverty in Mexico Martinez-Cruz, Adan L. Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos HOMICIDE UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONSUMPTION AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL POOR COMMUNITIES FOOD POVERTY CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES FOOD CONSUMPTION INCOME CRIMES INCOME SHOCKS POVERTY RATES CHRONICALLY POOR ELDERLY WOMEN REGIONAL STUDY POVERTY MAPPING MURDER PROPERTY CRIMES INCOME DISTRIBUTION DRUGS HOUSING FORM OF POVERTY POOR PEOPLE RURAL POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY CRIME TRANSFER PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROGRAMS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES CONFLICT QUALITY OF LIFE HOMICIDES HOMICIDE RATES MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES HOMICIDE RATE REGION POVERTY REDUCTION SECURITY SAVINGS POVERTY SITUATION REGIONS WAR VIOLENT CRIME RURAL AREAS POVERTY VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY DRUG FOOD REQUIREMENTS TRANSFERS VIOLENCE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS POVERTY DYNAMICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME POVERTY STATUS POVERTY RATE POOR POOR INDIVIDUALS CHRONIC POVERTY DETERIORATION IN HEALTH CONDITIONS CARIBBEAN REGION CHANGES IN POVERTY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL RESIDENCE INEQUALITY The relationship between violence and chronic poverty has been studied mostly in the context of war or long-term episodes of conflict. In contrast to previous studies, this paper explores whether violence that does not include the shattering of infrastructure impacts the chance that poverty may remain chronic. A long-run perspective is gained by analyzing unique, recently gathered panel data at the municipality level in the Mexican context, covering the period from 1990 to 2010. Violence is measured as the number of non-drug-related homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. A municipality is classified as chronically poor if the percentage of people in food poverty remains above the national average during two consecutive periods. Econometric analysis is carried out through discrete choice models. Putting the results in context, consider of a chronically poor municipality in 2005 in which average household income is below the 25th percentile in 2000. If this municipality had a 10.47 non-drug-related homicide rate, the 75th percentile in 2000, its chance of remaining chronically poor into 2005 was almost double the corresponding chance of a municipality with the same mean household income but at the national median of violence in 2000 (zero non-drug-related homicides). 2016-07-06T22:54:36Z 2016-07-06T22:54:36Z 2016-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26498181/crime-persistent-punishment-long-run-perspective-links-between-violence-chronic-poverty-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24622 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7706 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Mexico |
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HOMICIDE UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONSUMPTION AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL POOR COMMUNITIES FOOD POVERTY CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES FOOD CONSUMPTION INCOME CRIMES INCOME SHOCKS POVERTY RATES CHRONICALLY POOR ELDERLY WOMEN REGIONAL STUDY POVERTY MAPPING MURDER PROPERTY CRIMES INCOME DISTRIBUTION DRUGS HOUSING FORM OF POVERTY POOR PEOPLE RURAL POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY CRIME TRANSFER PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROGRAMS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES CONFLICT QUALITY OF LIFE HOMICIDES HOMICIDE RATES MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES HOMICIDE RATE REGION POVERTY REDUCTION SECURITY SAVINGS POVERTY SITUATION REGIONS WAR VIOLENT CRIME RURAL AREAS POVERTY VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY DRUG FOOD REQUIREMENTS TRANSFERS VIOLENCE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS POVERTY DYNAMICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME POVERTY STATUS POVERTY RATE POOR POOR INDIVIDUALS CHRONIC POVERTY DETERIORATION IN HEALTH CONDITIONS CARIBBEAN REGION CHANGES IN POVERTY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL RESIDENCE INEQUALITY |
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HOMICIDE UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONSUMPTION AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL POOR COMMUNITIES FOOD POVERTY CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES FOOD CONSUMPTION INCOME CRIMES INCOME SHOCKS POVERTY RATES CHRONICALLY POOR ELDERLY WOMEN REGIONAL STUDY POVERTY MAPPING MURDER PROPERTY CRIMES INCOME DISTRIBUTION DRUGS HOUSING FORM OF POVERTY POOR PEOPLE RURAL POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY CRIME TRANSFER PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROGRAMS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES CONFLICT QUALITY OF LIFE HOMICIDES HOMICIDE RATES MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES HOMICIDE RATE REGION POVERTY REDUCTION SECURITY SAVINGS POVERTY SITUATION REGIONS WAR VIOLENT CRIME RURAL AREAS POVERTY VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY DRUG FOOD REQUIREMENTS TRANSFERS VIOLENCE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS POVERTY DYNAMICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME POVERTY STATUS POVERTY RATE POOR POOR INDIVIDUALS CHRONIC POVERTY DETERIORATION IN HEALTH CONDITIONS CARIBBEAN REGION CHANGES IN POVERTY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL RESIDENCE INEQUALITY Martinez-Cruz, Adan L. Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos Crime and Persistent Punishment : A Long-Run Perspective on the Links between Violence and Chronic Poverty in Mexico |
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Latin America & Caribbean Mexico |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7706 |
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The relationship between violence and
chronic poverty has been studied mostly in the context of
war or long-term episodes of conflict. In contrast to
previous studies, this paper explores whether violence that
does not include the shattering of infrastructure impacts
the chance that poverty may remain chronic. A long-run
perspective is gained by analyzing unique, recently gathered
panel data at the municipality level in the Mexican context,
covering the period from 1990 to 2010. Violence is measured
as the number of non-drug-related homicides per 100,000
inhabitants. A municipality is classified as chronically
poor if the percentage of people in food poverty remains
above the national average during two consecutive periods.
Econometric analysis is carried out through discrete choice
models. Putting the results in context, consider of a
chronically poor municipality in 2005 in which average
household income is below the 25th percentile in 2000. If
this municipality had a 10.47 non-drug-related homicide
rate, the 75th percentile in 2000, its chance of remaining
chronically poor into 2005 was almost double the
corresponding chance of a municipality with the same mean
household income but at the national median of violence in
2000 (zero non-drug-related homicides). |
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Working Paper |
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Martinez-Cruz, Adan L. Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos |
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Martinez-Cruz, Adan L. Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos |
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Martinez-Cruz, Adan L. |
| title |
Crime and Persistent Punishment : A Long-Run Perspective on the Links between Violence and Chronic Poverty in Mexico |
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Crime and Persistent Punishment : A Long-Run Perspective on the Links between Violence and Chronic Poverty in Mexico |
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Crime and Persistent Punishment : A Long-Run Perspective on the Links between Violence and Chronic Poverty in Mexico |
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Crime and Persistent Punishment : A Long-Run Perspective on the Links between Violence and Chronic Poverty in Mexico |
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Crime and Persistent Punishment : A Long-Run Perspective on the Links between Violence and Chronic Poverty in Mexico |
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crime and persistent punishment : a long-run perspective on the links between violence and chronic poverty in mexico |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26498181/crime-persistent-punishment-long-run-perspective-links-between-violence-chronic-poverty-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24622 |
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