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Aim/purpose - This paper aims to examine with new empirical evidence the joint relationships between violence, income …, the results confirm a strong positive relationship between violence and income inequality. Conversely, a negative but non …-robust relationship exists between violence and real income per capita. Additionally, the findings show that human capital based on years …

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Violent crime, gender inequalities and well-being : models based on a survey of individual capabilities and crime rates for England and Wales

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Poverty and crime in 19th century Germany : a reassessment

Traxler, Christian; Burhop, Carsten - 2010

Using panel data for Prussia during 1882 to 1910, we replicate Mehlum, Miguel, and Torvik's (2006) study on the causal effect of poverty on crime in 19th century Germany. In addition, our data set allows us to make several original contributions to the literature. We confirm the robust positive...

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Broadband internet : an information superhighway to sex crime?

Bhuller, Manudeep; Havnes, Tarjei; Leuven, Edwin; … - 2012

Does internet use trigger sex crime? We use unique Norwegian data on crime and internet adoption to shed light on this question. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband access points in 2000-2008, and provides plausibly exogenous variation in internet use. Our instrumental...