Daniel Prudencio
Biographic Data
| ID | 6455382 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Prudencio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Prudencio |
| SIGNATURE | PRUDENCIO D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rice University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8290-3235 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Organized crime after earthquakes
Natural disasters can affect the behavior of criminal organizations. This article analyses the effect of the 2017 earthquakes that hit Mexico on the incidence of crimes related to organized crime. In particular, the outcomes of interest are rates for homicides, extortion, drug crime, and kidnapping. Using a difference-in-differences and an event-study methodologies, the findings indicate an increase in kidnapping rates of 4.0% after the earthquak…
Examining Covid-19’s disruptive effect on education in Mexican universities
Do earthquakes increase or decrease crime
Theories on the relationship between earthquakes and crime present mixed predictions. On the one hand, earthquakes improve individual cooperation, social trust, and crime reduction. On the other hand, earthquakes impact state capacity and enhance the prevalence of motivated offenders such as street gangs. This study empirically analyzes the effects of the September 2017 earthquakes in Mexico on personal crimes (assault and aggravated assault) and…
Developing educational and vocational aspirations through international child sponsorship
On the dynamics of multidimensional chronic poverty
Understanding chronic poverty and its evolution is complex given the amount of information involved. This paper proposes a new approach to analysing the evolution of chronic poverty in a multivariate setting using a Shapley decomposition of a multidimensional chronic poverty measure proposed by Alkire and colleagues. This makes it possible to assess a vast array of information to find the drivers of change in chronic poverty, and has proved to be…
Developing educational and vocational aspirations through international child sponsorship
Do earthquakes increase or decrease crime
Theories on the relationship between earthquakes and crime present mixed predictions. On the one hand, earthquakes improve individual cooperation, social trust, and crime reduction. On the other hand, earthquakes impact state capacity and enhance the prevalence of motivated offenders such as street gangs. This study empirically analyzes the effects of the September 2017 earthquakes in Mexico on personal crimes (assault and aggravated assault) and…
On the dynamics of multidimensional chronic poverty
Understanding chronic poverty and its evolution is complex given the amount of information involved. This paper proposes a new approach to analysing the evolution of chronic poverty in a multivariate setting using a Shapley decomposition of a multidimensional chronic poverty measure proposed by Alkire and colleagues. This makes it possible to assess a vast array of information to find the drivers of change in chronic poverty, and has proved to be…
Developing educational and vocational aspirations through international child sponsorship
Organized crime after earthquakes
Natural disasters can affect the behavior of criminal organizations. This article analyses the effect of the 2017 earthquakes that hit Mexico on the incidence of crimes related to organized crime. In particular, the outcomes of interest are rates for homicides, extortion, drug crime, and kidnapping. Using a difference-in-differences and an event-study methodologies, the findings indicate an increase in kidnapping rates of 4.0% after the earthquak…
Examining Covid-19’s disruptive effect on education in Mexican universities
Do earthquakes increase or decrease crime
Theories on the relationship between earthquakes and crime present mixed predictions. On the one hand, earthquakes improve individual cooperation, social trust, and crime reduction. On the other hand, earthquakes impact state capacity and enhance the prevalence of motivated offenders such as street gangs. This study empirically analyzes the effects of the September 2017 earthquakes in Mexico on personal crimes (assault and aggravated assault) and…
Political science (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Poverty (2 works)