The Effect of Absolute and Relative Deprivation on Homicides in Brazil

This paper investigates the effect of absolute deprivation (proxy unemployment) and relative deprivation (proxy income inequality) on homicide levels in Brazil. A database from the Brazilian Information System about Mortality and Census of the year 2000 and 2010 was used to estimate negative binomia...

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Authors: Aransiola, Temidayo James (Author) ; Ceccato, Vania (Author) ; Justus, Marcelo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Homicide studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 25, Issue: 4, Pages: 361-386
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Interaction
Inequality
Unemployment
Deprivation
Violence