Dynamic linkages between poverty, inequality, crime, and social expenditures in a panel of 16 countries: two-step GMM estimates

Anser, Muhammad Khalid; Yousaf, Zahid; Nassani, Abdelmohsen A.; Alotaibi, Saad M.; Kabbani, Ahmad; Zaman, Khalid

doi:10.1186/s40008-020-00220-6

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“…ICTs and innovation in agriculture (e-agriculture) help to ensure food security in three broad categories; through production, postharvest storage, and the supply value chain [1]. It should be noted that while production is an essential factor in ensuring food security, other factors such as access to food and utilisation are also important Anser et al [32].…”

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Impact of ICT Adoption and Governance Interaction on Food Security in West Africa

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The impact of the interaction of governance and information and communication technologies (ICT) adoption on food security in West Africa is investigated in this study. The study engaged the system generalised method of moments (GMM) approach on a panel data of 15 West African countries. The data used for the study are obtained from the world development indicators (WDI) and world governance indicators (WGI), for the period 2005 to 2018. The findings show that good governance (government effectiveness and efficient anti-corruption control) can boost food security by between 12% and 20%. Furthermore, the findings show that a 1% rise in ICT adoption may boost food security by 12% to 15%. In explaining the level of food security, the relationship between governance and ICT adoption is positive and significant. This implies that ICT and governance (government effectiveness) interaction may have about 15% positive influence on food security, while ICT and control of corruption interaction may positively influence the level of food security by 8%. The study concludes by recommending that to enhance food security in West Africa, effectiveness in governance and ICT adoption are crucial.

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“…The Economist magazine recently compiled a list of the world's 50 most violent metropolises (cities with populations of 250,000 or more), and 32 of them are located in the country. 1 Brazil also shares many features with other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to the UNODC, among the 20 most violent countries in the world, 14 are located in the region.…”

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Economic Shocks and Crime: Evidence from the Brazilian Trade Liberalization

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Ulyssea

2018

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

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This paper studies the effect of changes in economic conditions on crime. We exploit the 1990s trade liberalization in Brazil as a natural experiment generating exogenous shocks to local economies. We document that regions exposed to larger tariff reductions experienced a temporary increase in crime following liberalization. Next, we investigate through what channels the trade–induced economic shocks may have affected crime. We show that the shocks had significant effects on potential determinants of crime, such as labor market conditions, public goods provision, and income inequality. We propose a novel framework exploiting the distinct dynamic responses of these variables to obtain bounds on the effect of labor market conditions on crime. Our results indicate that this channel accounts for 75 to 93 percent of the effect of the trade–induced shocks on crime. (JEL D31, F13, F16, H41, K42, O17, O19)

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“…The model depicts the effect of certain variables on aggregate crime i.e unemployment (Carr-Hill and Stern, 1983), social sector spending (Anser et al, 2020), education (Khan et al, 2015), population density (Fisher, 1987), per capita income (Syed and Ahmed, 2013), GDP growth (Goulas and Zervoyianni, 2013), poverty (Anser et al, 2020), income inequality (Umair, 2019b;Wu and Wu, 2012) and police strength (Chalfin and McCrary, 2017…”

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“…Another study (Anser et al, 2020) investigated the dynamic relationship between socio-economic factors and crime rate in a panel of 16 countries, using a time series data from 1990-2014 and found that income inequality and unemployment rate increase crime rate while trade openness supported to decrease crime rate. Umair (2019) attempted to find socioeconomic determinants of crime in Pakistan which used one dependent variable (crimes) and four independent variables (Population growth, net income, inflation and economic growth).…”

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Profiling Crime in Pakistan: An Aggregated and Disaggregated Socioeconomic Analysis

Anwar¹

2021

Forman J. Econ. Stud.

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Crime is more than just a sociological and psychological phenomenon. The economic effects of any criminal activity are intriguing and vice versa. This paper attempts to profile crime scenario in Pakistan in the socio-economic context at aggregated and disaggregated level. Three crime supply models have been constructed using formal econometric techniques i.e., aggregated crime, crime against person and crime against property. These models depict the various socioeconomic variables effecting different crimes. The paper also captures the deterrence effect but on a very limited scale using police strength as proxy. The paper has drawn many conclusions indicating effects of social and economic injustices making people choose illegal activities over lawful ways of earnings and the role of government to intervene and promote socio-economic equity. Government should introduce effective social security programs to create more jobs and to minimize income inequalities. Policing and effective justice system is key to control crime.

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Dynamic linkages between poverty, inequality, crime, and social expenditures in a panel of 16 countries: two-step GMM estimates

Cited by 82 publications

References 62 publications

Impact of ICT Adoption and Governance Interaction on Food Security in West Africa

Impact of ICT Adoption and Governance Interaction on Food Security in West Africa

Economic Shocks and Crime: Evidence from the Brazilian Trade Liberalization

Profiling Crime in Pakistan: An Aggregated and Disaggregated Socioeconomic Analysis

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