Femicide in Latin America: an economic approach

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dc.careerEconomíaes
dc.category.authorprincipalen_US
dc.contributor.authorAcosta González, Hugo Nicolás
dc.contributor.correspondingAcosta González, Hugo Nicolás
dc.countryEcuadores
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-04T21:30:37Z
dc.date.available2023-11-04T21:30:37Z
dc.date.issued2021-04
dc.dedication.authorTCes
dc.description.abstractJustification: The rising cases of femicide across Latin America have pushed governments to enact specific laws criminalizing this gender-based murder to deter violence and crime against women. However, given the lack of data, the effect of these legislations is unknown. We aim to understand the causes and mechanisms of femicide across Latin American countries, as well as the possible effect of the legislation on femicide rate. We propose an economic approach that combines ideas proposed by Becker’s economics of crime and bargaining household models to understand the mechanisms behind femicide. The proposed approach suggests that legislation has a positive effect on reducing the number of murders of women by increasing the likelihood of the criminal being convicted and punished, thus changing these criminals’ incentives to commit the crime. However, government inaction and impunity towards femicide may impede the effectiveness of legislation in deterring criminal behavior. As data on femicide becomes available, the effect of the legislation on femicide rates could be estimated using a difference in difference method.en_US
dc.facultyEconomíaes
dc.id.author1002504528
dc.id.type1
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.13043/DYS.88.1
dc.identifier.issn0120-3584
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/handle/123456789/4601
dc.identifier.urihttps://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.13043/DYS.88.1
dc.indexed.databaseScimago Journal Rankes
dc.language.isoen
dc.list.authorsÁlvarez, C., Acosta, H.
dc.magazine.pageRange11-42
dc.magazine.titleRevista Desarrollo y Sociedades
dc.magazine.volumeChapter88
dc.rightsOpenAccessen
dc.statepublisheden_US
dc.subjectViolencia en la parejaes
dc.subjectFeminicidioes
dc.subjectPolítica sociales
dc.subjectViolencia en la pareja
dc.subjectFeminicidio
dc.subjectPolítica social
dc.titleFemicide in Latin America: an economic approachen_US
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