An assessment of how urban crime and victimization affects life satisfaction

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Borradores de Economía; No. 640

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2011-01-20

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2011-01-20

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Medina-Durango, Carlos Alberto
Tamayo-Castaño, Jorge Andrés

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We assess the effect of the homicide rate, individual´s perception of security in their neighborhood of residence, and of the effect of their having been victimized, on life satisfaction. We find a negative effect of the homicide rate on life satisfactio

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K40 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior: General

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Quality of Life , Life aatisfaction , Crime

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https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/5657
 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/5657
 https://ideas.repec.org/p/bdr/borrec/640.html
 https://doi.org/10.32468/be.640

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