There is much discussion of the relationships between crime, inequality, and unemployment. We construct a model where …, inequality, and unemployment. We discuss the effects of anti-crime policies like changing jail sentences, as well as more … all three are endogenous. We find that introducing crime into otherwise standard models of labor markets has several …

We extend simple search models of crime, unemployment, and inequality to incorporate on-the-job search. This is … relevant empirically. We characterize the wage distribution, unemployment rate, and crime rate theoretically, and use … from 53 to 65 percent increases unemployment and crime rates from 10 and 2.7 percent to 14 and 5.2 percent. We show …

This article analyses the impact of the unemployment level and the wage inequalities among economic sectors on the … perspective established by Becker (1968), we put forward a theoretical model that evaluates the crime behavior. In order to test … between the minimum legal wage and the average wage can favor the decrease of crime behaviors especially in the case of the …

There has been much discussion of the relationships between crime, inequality and unemployment. We construct a model … interesting ways. For example, we show how the crime rate affects the unemployment rate and vice-versa; how the possibility of … with different levels of unemployment, inequality, and crime. The model can be used to study the equilibrium effects of …

with labor market search and endogenous human capital accumulation. I first show that following an unemployment spell … they receive an increase in their unemployment insurance. I then construct a life-cycle model with risk averse workers who …