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The Impact of Weather Shocks on Violent and Property Crimes in Jamaica

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creativework.datePublishedPublished: 09 April 2024
creativeworkseries.issn1564-698X
dc.contributor.authorWright, Nicholas A.
dc.contributor.authorStewart, Aubrey M.
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-11T21:20:05Z
dc.date.available2025-02-11T21:20:05Z
dc.date.issued2025-02-11
dc.description.abstractDeveloping countries face the most significant exposure to the adverse effects of climate change. However, as temperature and rainfall patterns change, we do not understand their impact on these countries and the mitigation strategies that may be needed. In this paper, we utilize administrative panel data to examine the effects of weather shocks on violent and property crimes in Jamaica. We find strong evidence that a one standard-deviation increase in the daily temperature (2â—¦C) increases violent crime by 3.67 percent due to an increase in the number of murders (3.44 percent), shootings (7.53 percent), and cases of aggravated assault (6 percent). However, our results suggest that temperature changes have no statistical impact on property crime. In addition, we find that a one-standard-deviation increase in rainfall (2 mm) reduces crimes such as shootings (1.53 percent), break-ins (2.27 percent), and larcenies (3.85 percent). Still, it has a minimal impact on other categories of crime.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099658102052595424/IDU1c2648f701b4e714e64187791f248fa8ae11a
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhae016
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42796
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCRIME
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.titleThe Impact of Weather Shocks on Violent and Property Crimes in Jamaicaen
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://academic.oup.com/wber/article/39/1/85/7642592 Journal website (version of record)
okr.date.disclosure2025-02-11
okr.date.lastmodified2025-02-05T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099658102052595424/IDU1c2648f701b4e714e64187791f248fa8ae11a
okr.guid099658102052595424
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-c2648f70-b4e7-4e64-8779-f248fa8ae11a
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhae016
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34453072
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34453072
okr.identifier.report197043
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okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryJamaica
okr.topicSocial Development::Crime and Society
okr.topicEnvironment::Natural Disasters
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
okr.volume39(1)
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