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Do inequality, unemployment and deterrence affect crime over the long run?
Do inequality, unemployment and deterrence affect crime over the long run? Regional Studies. This paper investigates the long-run relationship between crime, inequality, unemployment and deterrence using US state-level data from 1978 to 2013. The novelty is to use non-stationary panels with a factor structure. The results show that: (1) a crime-theoretical model fits the long-run relationship well; (2) income inequality and unemployment have a positive impact on crime, whereas that of deterrence is negative; (3) the effect of income inequality on crime is larger when inequality is measured on a wider population proportion; and (4) property crime is generally highly sensitive to the deterrence effect of police.
Do inequality, unemployment and deterrence affect crime over the long run?
Do inequality, unemployment and deterrence affect crime over the long run? Regional Studies. This paper investigates the long-run relationship between crime, inequality, unemployment and deterrence using US state-level data from 1978 to 2013. The novelty is to use non-stationary panels with a factor structure. The results show that: (1) a crime-theoretical model fits the long-run relationship well; (2) income inequality and unemployment have a positive impact on crime, whereas that of deterrence is negative; (3) the effect of income inequality on crime is larger when inequality is measured on a wider population proportion; and (4) property crime is generally highly sensitive to the deterrence effect of police.
Do inequality, unemployment and deterrence affect crime over the long run?
Costantini, Mauro (author) / Meco, Iris (author) / Paradiso, Antonio (author)
Regional Studies ; 52 ; 558-571
2018-04-03
14 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
US crime , deterrence , inequality , unemployment , panel co-integration , cross-section dependence , 美国犯罪 , 吓阻 , 不均 , 失业 , 面板共同整合 , 跨部门依赖 , criminalité aux E-U , dissuasion , inégalité , chômage , co-intégration des panels , dépendance transversale , Kriminalität in den USA , Abschreckung , Ungleichheit , Arbeitslosigkeit , Panel-Kointegration , Querschnittsdependenz , delincuencia en Estados Unidos , disuasión , desigualdad , desempleo , cointegración de panel , dependencia transversal , C33 , E20 , K40
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