Borradores de Economia
Número:
594
Publicado:
Clasificación JEL:
K40, K42, R21, J13, C21
Palabras clave:
Crime, Illegal Behavior, Law Enforcement, Adolescent Fertility
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María José Roa-García, Gloria Amparo Alonso Masmela, Nidia García Bohórquez, Diego A. Rodríguez-Pinilla
José Vicente Romero-Chamorro, Hernando Vargas-Herrera
Juan Camilo Medellín-Martínez, Sergio Restrepo Ángel
We use data of neighborhoods of Bogotá to assess the causal relation between their adolescent fertility and their homicide rates. We find that neighborhoods with high adolescent fertility rates, and that have low secondary enrollment and high crime rates