Crime and Persistent Punishment

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).

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Martinez-Cruz, Adan L., Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016-06
Subjects:	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,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26498181/crime-persistent-punishment-long-run-perspective-links-between-violence-chronic-poverty-mexico https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24622
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