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2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Devika Hazra

PurposeUsing data from 2009–2016 across 31 states and union territories, this paper investigates determinants of juvenile delinquency in India as well as explores the nature of the complex relationship between economic variables and crime rate.Design/methodology/approachThe paper employs a panel corrected standard error model due to the presence of heteroskedasticity and contemporaneous correlation. Additionally, due to possible feedback effect from independent variables resulting in endogeneity, a two-step generalized method of moments (GMM) is utilized to estimate a system of equations.FindingsEstimation results indicate that macroeconomic factors – GSDP per capita and adult unemployment rate – are significant in explaining the juvenile crime rate in India. Higher poverty rate and percentage of slums were found to increase juvenile crime. This paper also demonstrates the harmful effects that domestic violence has on juvenile delinquency. Finally, education has a deterring impact on crimes relating to juveniles but deterrence factors do not.Originality/valueWhile some implications are consistent with those found in previous studies of crime in developed and developing countries, the analysis in this paper also reveals unique results. For example, the adult unemployment rate was negatively correlated with juvenile crime, and an increase in police density exhibits a positive association with the juvenile crime rate. Further analysis of crimes by type (property and violent) reveals additional insights. In addition to that, contrary to hypothesis, by employing GMM estimation, the paper finds no evidence of a negative impact of juvenile delinquency on economic growth.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (281) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose L. Torres ◽  
Sidonia McKenzie

Uruguay enjoys favorable social outcomes, and its labor indicators are comparable to other Latin American countries, but its youth unemployment is one of the highest in the world. To help understand this duality, we employ synthetic panels from repeated household surveys for LA6 countries from 1990-2018 to investigate the determinants of the youth-to-adult unemployment gap. We find that a large part of the Uruguayan gap cannot be explained by standard variables, which opens the possibility that other uncontrolled factors, including labor market institutions, might be at play.


Author(s):  
Alessandra Urbinati ◽  
Kyriaki Kalimeri ◽  
Andrea Bonanomi ◽  
Alessandro Rosina ◽  
Ciro Cattuto ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jungeun Olivia Lee ◽  
Tiffany M. Jones ◽  
Yoewon Yoon ◽  
Daniel A. Hackman ◽  
Joan P. Yoo ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Senior ◽  
John Naylor
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2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bryer ◽  
Rosalie A. Torres Stone ◽  
Zlatina Kostova ◽  
Deirdre G. Logan

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