Plan Colombia’s Onset: Effects on Homicides and Violent Deaths

In this paper, the link between Plan Colombia and violence is explored. This paper exploits the difference in the success of the program among the different regions to identify the potential side effects on homicides and violent deaths. Results show no significant effects observed on homicides. On t...

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Autor Principal: Pérez V., Gerson Javier
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Lenguaje:Español (Spanish)
Publicado: Universidad del Rosario 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/economia/article/view/3340
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spelling ir-10336-155102019-09-19T12:37:54Z Plan Colombia’s Onset: Effects on Homicides and Violent Deaths Pérez V., Gerson Javier homicides; regional analysis; Plan Colombia. In this paper, the link between Plan Colombia and violence is explored. This paper exploits the difference in the success of the program among the different regions to identify the potential side effects on homicides and violent deaths. Results show no significant effects observed on homicides. On the other hand, evidence was found of increases in the number of violent deaths for women living in urban areas, and an opposite negative effect for men living in rural areas. These findings are consistent for different specifications of the model, the cut-off end of the program, and the classification of the regions’ criteria. 2014-10-01 2018-03-07T13:43:27Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/economia/article/view/3340 10.12804/rev.econ.rosario.17.01.2014.05 http://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/15510 spa Copyright (c) 2015 Revista de Economía del Rosario http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Universidad del Rosario Revista de Economía del Rosario; Vol. 17, Núm. 01 (2014): enero-junio; 119-156 2145-454X 0123-5362 10.12804/rev.econ.rosario.17.01.2014
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topic homicides; regional analysis; Plan Colombia.
spellingShingle homicides; regional analysis; Plan Colombia.
Pérez V., Gerson Javier
Plan Colombia’s Onset: Effects on Homicides and Violent Deaths
description In this paper, the link between Plan Colombia and violence is explored. This paper exploits the difference in the success of the program among the different regions to identify the potential side effects on homicides and violent deaths. Results show no significant effects observed on homicides. On the other hand, evidence was found of increases in the number of violent deaths for women living in urban areas, and an opposite negative effect for men living in rural areas. These findings are consistent for different specifications of the model, the cut-off end of the program, and the classification of the regions’ criteria.
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title Plan Colombia’s Onset: Effects on Homicides and Violent Deaths
title_short Plan Colombia’s Onset: Effects on Homicides and Violent Deaths
title_full Plan Colombia’s Onset: Effects on Homicides and Violent Deaths
title_fullStr Plan Colombia’s Onset: Effects on Homicides and Violent Deaths
title_full_unstemmed Plan Colombia’s Onset: Effects on Homicides and Violent Deaths
title_sort plan colombia’s onset: effects on homicides and violent deaths
publisher Universidad del Rosario
publishDate 2014
url https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/economia/article/view/3340
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