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Accounting for the racial property crime gap in the US: A quantitative equilibrium analysis
Cozzi, Marco - 2010
equilibrium model is developed, exploiting these facts to quantitatively assess the race crime gap, that is the difference in … crime explained by the difference in observables. The model is calibrated relying on US data and solved numerically. The … model captures well relevant dimensions of the crime phenomenon, such as the inmates composition by race, employment status …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290336
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Unemployment and gang crime: could prosperity backfire?
Poutvaara, Panu; Priks, Mikael - 2007
Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent … crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between … property crime and violent crime at work. In the model, non-monetary valuation of gang membership is private knowledge. Thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264089
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How do labor markets affect crime? New evidence on an old puzzle
Mustard, David B. - 2010
For nearly 50 years academics have been studying how labor markets affect crime. The initial interesting and important … theoretical and empirical work generated substantial interest in studying crime among economists, in particular, and scholars in … markets reduce crime seems obvious and is widely accepted by many policy makers and academics, empirical results fail to show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269828
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Crime, deterrence and unemployment in Greece: a panel data approach
Saridakis, George; Spengler, Hannes - 2009
This study empirically examines the relationship between crime, deterrence and unemployment in Greece. A regional … deterred by higher clear-up rates. Also for property crime rates, the results indicate that unemployment increases crime. For …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271084
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Impact of benefit sanctions on unemployment outflow: Evidence from German survey data
Hillmann, Katja; Hohenleitner, Ingrid - 2012
Similar to numerous other European countries, Germany's unemployment policy went through a paradigm shift towards activation policy by tightening their monitoring and sanction regime. In our study we examine the impact of benefit sanctions on the probability of getting employed or leaving the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311020
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Übergänge von Alg-II-Beziehern in die erste Sanktion
Wolff, Joachim; Moczall, Andreas - 2012
Arbeitslosengeld-II-Bezieher, die ohne wichtigen Grund nicht mit den Jobcentern kooperieren oder sich nicht hinreichend darum bemühen, eine Erwerbsarbeit oder Ausbildung aufzunehmen, müssen mit Sanktionen als Kürzungen ihrer Arbeitslosengeld- II-Leistungen für eine Dauer von drei Monaten...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323763
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Unemployment and gang crime: could prosperity backfire?
Poutvaara, Panu; Priks, Mikael - 2007
Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent … crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between … property crime and violent crime at work. In the model, non-monetary valuation of gang membership is private knowledge. Thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268186
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Crime, unemployment, and xenophobia? An ecological analysis of right-wing election results in Hamburg, 1986-2005
Rotte, Ralph; Steininger, Martin - 2008
This paper investigates the consequences of immigration, crime and socio-economic depriviation for the performance of … unemployment/crime - right-winger nexus. Moreover, crime does not seem to have a strong significant effect on right-wing populist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269164
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Crime and the labour market: evidence from a survey of inmates
Entorf, Horst - 2009
prisoner health care by installing effective anti-drug programmes would be one of the most effective measures against crime. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269384
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Crime and the Labour Market: Evidence from a Survey of Inmates
Entorf, Horst - 2008
prisoner health care by installing effective anti-drug programmes would be one of the most effective measures against crime. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298713