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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2016
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 2254
Verlag: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Zusammenfassung (übersetzt): 
There is virtually a consensus that the ratio of suicides committed with guns to total suicides is the best way to indirectly measure gun ownership across different locations. However, such a proxy is not accurate for any locality with low population density in view that suicides are rare events. To circumvent this issue, we exploit the socioeconomic characteristics of the suicide victims so as to come up with a novel proxy for gun ownership. We assess our indicator using suicide micro-data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health between 2000 and 2010.
Schlagwörter: 
crime
firearm
fixed effects
logit
regularization
suicides
violence
JEL: 
C15
C51
I18
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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