Burglary and income inequality

Chiu, W. Henry; Madden, Paul

doi:10.1016/s0047-2727(97)00096-0

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“…Previous research on the effect of income inequality on crime also shows contradicting results (e.g., Soares, 2004). However, recent research shows that changes in the distribution of income inequality rather than income inequality itself affect property crime (Bourguignon, Nuñez, and Sanchez, 2003;Chiu and Madden, 1998). Another point is that the cross-section analysis we employ throughout the paper may not be such a suitable approach to assess the importance of inequality and unemployment on crime rates.…”

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The impact of social capital on crime: Evidence from the Netherlands

Akçomak

Weel

2012

Regional Science and Urban Economics

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This paper investigates the relation between social capital and crime. The analysis contributes to explaining why crime is so heterogeneous across space. By employing current and historical data for Dutch municipalities and by providing novel indicators to measure social capital, we find a link between social capital and crime. Our results suggest that higher levels of social capital are associated with lower crime rates and that municipalities' historical states in terms of population heterogeneity, religiosity and education affect current levels of social capital. Social capital indicators explain about 10 percent of the observed variance in crime. It is also shown why some social capital indicators are more useful than others in a robustness analysis.JEL classification: A13; A14; K42; Z13

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The impact of social capital on crime: Evidence from the Netherlands

Akçomak

Weel

2012

Regional Science and Urban Economics

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“…Using only Deininger & Squire (1996) Some recent work argues, however, that the Gini coefficient might not be the most relevant measure of inequality with respect to crime. For example, empirical work by Bourguignon, Nuñez & Sanchez (2003) suggests that it is the relative income of the population with standards of living below 80 per cent of the mean that matters (see also Chiu & Madden, 1998). Unfortunately, in a cross-national setting the availability of detailed data on income distributions within countries is severely restricted.…”

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Inequality and Violent Crime: Evidence from Data on Robbery and Violent Theft

Neumayer

2005

Journal of Peace Research

111

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This article argues that the link between income inequality and violent property crime might be spurious, complementing a similar argument in prior analysis by the author on the determinants of homicide. In contrast, Fajnzylber, Lederman & Loayza (1998; 2002a, b) provide seemingly strong and robust evidence that inequality causes a higher rate of both homicide and robbery/violent theft even after controlling for country-specific fixed effects. Our results suggest that inequality is not a statistically significant determinant, unless either countryspecific effects are not controlled for or the sample is artificially restricted to a small number of countries. The reason why the link between inequality and violent property crime might be spurious is that income inequality is likely to be strongly correlated with country-specific fixed effects such as cultural differences. A high degree of inequality might be socially undesirable for any number of reasons, but that it causes violent crime is far from proven.

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“…2 New research in economics by Coon (2015) supports this in the context of crime against illegal immigrants in the US. 3 Chiu and Madden (1998) use a theoretical model to show that fixed penalties for incarceration lead to a link between inequality and burglary, particularly in poorer areas. 4 These data originate from the FBI, although these particular data are found at the following website: http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm.…”

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Economic fluctuations and crime: temporary and persistent effects

Bender

Theodossiou

2016

JES

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Abstract:Purpose: Since the literature on the effect of the unemployment rate as reflection of economic fluctuations on crime shows an empirically ambiguous effect, this study argues that a new way of modelling the dynamics of unemployment and crime by focusing on the transitory and persistent effect of unemployment on crime helps resolve this ambiguity. Originality: The paper is the first to examine the dynamics of the interaction of crime and economic fluctuations using the temporary and persistent effects framework of Mundlak (1978). In one set of estimates, one can evaluation both the short-and long-run effects of changes of unemployment on crime.JEL: K42, J6, C33

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Burglary and income inequality

Cited by 109 publications

References 17 publications

The impact of social capital on crime: Evidence from the Netherlands

The impact of social capital on crime: Evidence from the Netherlands

Inequality and Violent Crime: Evidence from Data on Robbery and Violent Theft

Economic fluctuations and crime: temporary and persistent effects

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