Crime and growth convergence: Evidence from Mexico

Ted Enamorado; Luis F. López-Calva; Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2014.07.033

Crime and growth convergence: Evidence from Mexico

Ted Enamorado
, Luis F. López-Calva
, Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán

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Abstract

Scholars have often argued that crime hinders growth, but the empirical literature assessing such an effect is scarce. By exploiting cross-municipal income and crime data for Mexico, in this study we find evidence indicating that drug-related crime indeed deters growth.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9-13
Number of pages	5
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	125
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2014.07.033
State	Published - Oct 2014

Keywords

Convergence
Crime
Drug-related crimes
Growth
Spatial inequality

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