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Urban spatial structure, employment and social ties : European versus American cities
Picard, Pierre M.; Zenou, Yves - 2015
We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and their social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition some individuals reside close to the job center while others live far away from it. Even though the two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294096
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The Socioeconomic Determinants of Crime. A Review of the Literature
Buonanno, Paolo - Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e … - 2003
Starting from Becker’s seminal paper we review the first contributions to the economics of crime, stressing how with … account the probability of being arrested and punished and the expected returns from crime. Criminal decision is an economic … the main recent contributions to the economics of crime; in particular we outline the determinants of criminal behaviours …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005685727
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Labour Markets, Firms and Institutions : Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
Gahan, Peter G. - 2012
The study of the employment relation has always held a somewhat ambiguous position within the field of economics. The nature of labour market adjustment processes and unique aspects of the employment relation have posed problems for standard economic theories and have limited the use of formal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097918
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The Unintended Consequences on Crime of "Pennies from Heaven"
Montolio, Daniel - 2016
local crime rates. This policy, developed in the wake of the global recession of 2008-09, was designed to boost local … investment policies, to estimate their impact on both (un)employment and crime. The combination of difference-in-differences and … market and on municipal-level crime rates. While the policy apparently did not tackle the economic recession over the long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011535754
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The unintended consequences on crime of “pennies from heaven”
Montolio, Daniel - 2016
local crime rates. This policy, developed in the wake of the global recession of 2008-09, was designed to boost local … investment policies, to estimate their impact on both (un)employment and crime. The combination of difference-in-differences and … market and on municipal-level crime rates. While the policy apparently did not tackle the economic recession over the long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457936
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The Unintended Consequences on Crime of 'Pennies from Heaven'
Montolio, Daniel - 2017
local crime rates. This policy, developed in the wake of the global recession of 2008-09, was designed to boost local … investment policies, to estimate their impact on both (un)employment and crime. The combination of difference-in-differences and … market and on municipal-level crime rates. While the policy apparently did not tackle the economic recession over the long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958094
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Urban Spatial Structure, Employment and Social Ties: European versus American Cities
Picard, Pierre M.; Zenou, Yves - 2015
We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and their social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition some individuals reside close to the job center while others live far away from it. Even though the two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307367
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Urban Spatial Structure, Employment and Social Ties
Picard, Pierre; Zenou, Yves - 2015
We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition the majority group resides close to the job center while the minority group lives far away from it. Even though the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400636
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Urban spatial structure, employment and social ties
Picard, Pierre M.; Zenou, Yves - 2014
We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition the majority group resides close to the job center while the minority group lives far away from it. Even though the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476353
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Key players in co-offending networks
Lindquist, Matthew J.; Zenou, Yves - 2014
We study peer effects in crime by analyzing co-offending networks. We first provide a credible estimate of peer effects … criminal from each network that reduces total crime by the largest amount. Using longitudinal data, we are able to compare the … disappeared over time, we show that the theoretical predicted crime reduction is close to what is observed in the real world. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252606