Demografía, juventud y homicidios en Colombia, 1979-2006

During the sixties, Colombian population grew faster than ever. Children that were born during that particular period became young adults in the decades of the eighties and nineties, the same years in which homicide rates reached historical maximums. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relat...

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Main Author: Leonardo Bonilla Mejía
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2010-07-01
Series:Lecturas de Economía
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Online Access:http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/lecturasdeeconomia/article/view/6501/5963
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description During the sixties, Colombian population grew faster than ever. Children that were born during that particular period became young adults in the decades of the eighties and nineties, the same years in which homicide rates reached historical maximums. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between these two phenomena. Can the explosive increases in homicide rates be attributed to demographic change? Cohort-level data on population and homicide victims is used to explore two mechanisms through which population forces could affect homicide rates; these mechanisms are composition effect and age-specific effect.
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spelling doaj.art-884d6c8b4f7440558173de45c1dc153d2022-12-22T01:09:43ZengUniversidad de AntioquiaLecturas de Economía0120-25962010-07-017272103140Demografía, juventud y homicidios en Colombia, 1979-2006Leonardo Bonilla MejíaDuring the sixties, Colombian population grew faster than ever. Children that were born during that particular period became young adults in the decades of the eighties and nineties, the same years in which homicide rates reached historical maximums. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between these two phenomena. Can the explosive increases in homicide rates be attributed to demographic change? Cohort-level data on population and homicide victims is used to explore two mechanisms through which population forces could affect homicide rates; these mechanisms are composition effect and age-specific effect.http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/lecturasdeeconomia/article/view/6501/5963Homicidiodemografíajuventudfalacia ecológicaColombia.
spellingShingle Leonardo Bonilla Mejía
Demografía, juventud y homicidios en Colombia, 1979-2006
Lecturas de Economía
Homicidio
demografía
juventud
falacia ecológica
Colombia.
title Demografía, juventud y homicidios en Colombia, 1979-2006
title_full Demografía, juventud y homicidios en Colombia, 1979-2006
title_fullStr Demografía, juventud y homicidios en Colombia, 1979-2006
title_full_unstemmed Demografía, juventud y homicidios en Colombia, 1979-2006
title_short Demografía, juventud y homicidios en Colombia, 1979-2006
title_sort demografia juventud y homicidios en colombia 1979 2006
topic Homicidio
demografía
juventud
falacia ecológica
Colombia.
url http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/lecturasdeeconomia/article/view/6501/5963
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