Economic Crisis: Potential Effects on Criminality, Poverty and Mortality Rates -Brazilian Municipalities



Document title: Economic Crisis: Potential Effects on Criminality, Poverty and Mortality Rates -Brazilian Municipalities
Journal: Economía sociedad y territorio
Database: CLASE
System number: 000518131
ISSN: 1405-8421
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Parana. Brasil
Year:
Season: Ene-Abr
Volumen: 22
Number: 68
Pages: 237-264
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract This paper aims to analyze possible effects of the economic crisis caused by Covid-19 on criminality, poverty and mortality rates in Brazilian municipalities. With this purpose, the year 2015 was analyzed for being the period when the country went through the greatest recession in recent years. The Propensity Score Matching Method was used to evaluate the impact of a sharp decrease in the Gross Domestic Product. The data surveyed showed that no difference of effect was observed in the variation of these variables between the municipalities that experienced the recession and those where there was economic growth
Portuguese abstract O objetivo deste artigo finda-se em analisar os possíveis efeitos da crise econômica decorrente da Covid-19 na criminalidade, na pobreza e na mortalidade entre os municípios do Brasil. Para isso, analisou-se o ano de 2015, período em que o país teve a maior recessão dos últimos anos, utilizando o método Propensity Score Matching visando avaliar o impacto nos aspectos sociais decorrente de uma queda expressiva no Produto Interno Bruto. Como corolário, não se teve diferença de efeito na variação dessas variáveis entre os municípios que tiveram a recessão e os que tiveram crescimento econômico
Disciplines: Economía,
Sociología
Keyword: Condiciones económicas,
Problemas sociales,
Brasil,
Epidemias,
COVID-19,
Crisis económica,
Criminalidad,
Municipios,
Impacto social,
Pobreza,
Mortalidad
Keyword: Economic conditions,
Social problems,
Brazil,
Pandemic,
COVID-19,
Economic crisis,
Criminality,
Municipalities,
Poverty,
Mortality,
Social impact
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