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| dc.title | Remittances and the Impact on Crime in Mexico |
| dc.contributor.author | Brito, Steve |
| dc.contributor.author | Corbacho, Ana |
| dc.contributor.author | Osorio Rivas, Rene |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Institutions for Development Sector |
| dc.coverage | Mexico |
| dc.coverage | The Caribbean |
| dc.coverage | Central America |
| dc.date.available | 2014-05-28T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2014-05-22T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | This working paper studies the effect of remittances from the United States on crime rates in Mexico. The topic is examined using municipal-level data on the percent of household receiving remittances and homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. Remittances are found to be associated with a decrease in homicide rates. Every 1 percent increase in the number of households receiving remittances reduces the homicide rate by 0.05 percent. Other types of crimes are analyzed, revealing a reduction in street robbery of 0.19 percent for every 1 percent increase in households receiving remittances. This decrease is also observed using a state-level panel in another specification. The mechanisms of transmission could be related to an income effect or an incapacitation effect of remittances increasing education, opening job opportunities, and/or reducing the amount of time available to engage in criminal activities. |
| dc.format.extent | 34 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011632 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Remittances-and-the-Impact-on-Crime-in-Mexico.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Remittance |
| dc.subject | Crime and Violence |
| dc.subject.jelcode | J15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants • Non-labor Discrimination |
| dc.subject.jelcode | J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply |
| dc.subject.jelcode | O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development |
| dc.subject.jelcode | O54 - Latin America • Caribbean |
| dc.subject.keywords | Crime;Mexico;Remittances;Migration;Homicides |
| dc.type | Working Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | Working Papers |
| idb.operation | RG-K1343 |