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3 results foundAuthor: Islam, Asif Title: Police and Crime Against Firms in Developing Economies Summary: Economic theory predicts that a rise in police presence will reduce criminal activity. However several studies in the literature have found mixed results. This study adds to the literature by exploring the relationship between the size of police and crime against firms, an important issue especially for developing economies. Using data for about 12,000 firms in 27 developing countries we find that increasing the police force has a negative effect on crime against firms. We also find that several macro-economic factors can weaken or strengthen this negative effect. The results are robust to various sensitivity checks. Details: Munich: MPRA Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2011. 34p. Source: Internet Resource: MPRA Paper No. 36725; http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/36725/1/MPRA_paper_36725.pdf Year: 2011 Country: International URL: http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/36725/1/MPRA_paper_36725.pdf Shelf Number: 125138 Keywords: Crime and DevelopmentCrimes Against BusinessesEconomics and CrimePolice Size |
Author: Hansen, David R. Title: The Effects of Crime on Educational Investment: A Policy Simulation Approach Summary: Crime is an important feature of economic life in many countries, especially in the developing world. Crime distorts many economic decisions because it acts like an unpredictable tax on earnings. In particular, the threat of crime may influence people’s willingness to invest in schooling or physical capital. This paper explores the questions ”What influence do crime rates and levels of investment have on one another?” and ”How do government policies affect the relationship between investment and crime?” by creating a simple structural model of crime and educational investment and attempting to fit this model to Mexican data. A method of simulated moments procedure is used to estimate parameters of the model and the estimated parameters are then used to carry out policy simulations. The simulations show that increasing spending on police or increasing the severity of punishment reduces crime but has little effect on educational investment. Increased educational subsidies increase educational investment but reduce crime only slightly. Thus, one type of policy is insufficient to accomplish the goals of both reducing crime and increasing education. Details: Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, Department of Economics, 2012. 36p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 7, 2013 at; https://economics.byu.edu/SiteAssets/Pages/Faculty/David-Hansen/The%20Effects%20of%20Crime%20on%20Educational%20Investment%20A%20Policy%20Simulation%20Approach.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Mexico URL: https://economics.byu.edu/SiteAssets/Pages/Faculty/David-Hansen/The%20Effects%20of%20Crime%20on%20Educational%20Investment%20A%20Policy%20Simulation%20Approach.pdf Shelf Number: 127533 Keywords: Crime and DevelopmentEconomics of CrimeEducation |
Author: Hsiao, Celia Title: Reducing violence in South Africa: From research to action Summary: Preventing and reducing violence in South Africa must be a national priority if the country is to realise the development goals set by the National Development Plan 2030. Violence exacts an enormous cost - both directly and indirectly - and will undermine and hamper efforts to reduce poverty and inequality and to grow the economy. In December 2017 South Africa joined 15 Pathfinding countries under the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children. Being a Pathfinding country commits South Africa to realise the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 16.2: to end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence and torture against children. It also commits the country to ensuring that all sectors - government, civil society and the private sector - work together to end violence against children. But ending violence experienced by children requires us also to end violence against women. Not only is this important because it will reduce children's exposure to violence, but also because violence against women is a human rights violation that impacts negatively on the society in which children are raised. Details: Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies, 2017. 16p. Source: Internet Resource: Policy Brief, Accessed April 9, 2018 at: https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/plicybrief108-v2.pdf Year: 2017 Country: South Africa URL: https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/plicybrief108-v2.pdf Shelf Number: 149735 Keywords: Children Exposed to ViolenceCrime and DevelopmentCrime PreventionEvidence-Based ProgramsSocioeconomic Conditions and CrimeViolenceViolent CrimeViolent Prevention |