A Brief Empirical Note on the Impact of Welfare Benefit Levels on Property Crime in the United States

This study hypothesizes that welfare benefit levels constitute an alternative source of income to property crime. Consequently, higher welfare levels should at the margin reduce the attractiveness of perpetrating property crime. Evidence from the largest metropolitan areas in the United States support the hypothesis.

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Year of publication:	1990-03-19
Authors:	Cebula, Richard

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Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Cebula, Richard (1990): A Brief Empirical Note on the Impact of Welfare Benefit Levels on Property Crime in the United States. Published in: Public Finance/Finances Publiques , Vol. 46, No. 3 (15 December 1991): pp. 512-516.
Classification:	D19 - Household Behavior and Family Economics. Other ; D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior ; D78 - Positive Analysis of Policy-Making and Implementation ; H31 - Household ; H89 - Miscellaneous Issues. Other
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