Stealing to Survive? Crime and Income Shocks in Nineteenth Century France

Bignon, Vincent; Caroli, Ève; Galbiati, Roberto

doi:10.1111/ecoj.12270

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“…Trauma seems to induce (parochial) pro-social behavior, while the effects of negative income and wealth shock are unclear. In particular, we know from quasiexperimental studies that negative income shocks induce more anti-social behavior, such as property crimes (Bignon, Caroli, & Galbiati, 2017;Cortés, Santamaría & Vargas, 2016;Dube and Vargas, 2013). However, naturally occurring situations make inequality due to random shocks salient, potentially inducing lower pro-social behavior.…”

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Crime-Related Exposure to Violence and Social Preferences: Experimental Evidence from Bogotá

2019

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Crime-Related Exposure to Violence and Social Preferences: Experimental Evidence from Bogotá

2019

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“…In other words, the scope of cheating grows during crises. 12 Type A games trivially lead to responsible actions in every culture: the unique equilibrium outcome is r. Given assumption 1, C games have two Nash Equilibria: The …rst Nash Equilibrium, (c; f ), is subgame perfect; the other equilibrium, (r; p), is not subgame perfect as it involves the commitment by player 2 to punish the cheating action of player 1. Responsible actions are in most interpretations associated with higher total welfare, hence we assume that:…”

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Cultural Differences and Institutional Integration

Guiso

Herrera

Morelli

2016

Journal of International Economics

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If citizens of di¤erent countries belonging to an economic union adhere to di¤erent and deeply rooted cultural norms, when these countries interact they may …nd it impossible to agree on e¢ cient policies, especially in hard times. Political leaders are bound to follow policies that do not violate their country's cultural norms. This paper provides a simple positive theory and a compelling case study of the Euro area crisis to highlight the importance of cultural clashes when economies integrate. We also provide a normative argument about the desirability of institutional integration: a political union, with a common enforcement agency, is the more bene…cial the greater is cultural diversity in an economic union.Keywords: Cultural Norms, Institutions, Euro Area, Crisis Mismanagement. JEL classi…cation numbers: D72This paper previously circulated under the title "A Cultural Clash View of the Euro Crisis." We thank two anonymous referees as well as Sascha Becker, Alberto Bisin, Serra Boranbay, Francesco Giavazzi, Gilat Levy, Assar Lindbeck, Elias Papaioannou, John Patty, Giacomo Ponzetto, Andrei Shleifer, Enrico Spolaore, Francesco Squintani, Livio Stracca, Sebastian Turban, Philippe Weil and participants at various workshops for great suggestions and comments. The usual disclaimer applies.

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“…Each of these effects might lead to increases in criminality, but with vastly different implications for how to combat or insulate against these criminal responses to employment shocks. While canonical models of criminal activity emphasize economic incentives (Becker, 1968;Ehrlich, 1973), empirical studies of criminal activity document the importance of both economic incentives (Bignon et al, 2016;Blattman and Annan, 2015;Watson et al, 2019) and a myriad of other behavioral and psychological drivers (Anderson et al, 2015;Blattman et al, 2017;Bondurant et al, 2018;Carpenter, 2005;Lindo et al, 2018).…”

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Job Loss, Credit and Crime in Colombia

Khanna¹,

Medina²,

Nyshadham³

et al. 2019

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We investigate the effects of job displacement, as a result of mass-layoffs, on criminal arrests using a novel matched employer-employee-crime dataset in Medellín, Colombia. Job displacement leads to immediate earnings losses, and an increased likelihood of being arrested for both the displaced worker and for other youth in the family. We leverage variation in opportunities for legitimate reemployment and access to consumption credit to investigate the mechanisms underlying this job loss-crime relationship. Workers in booming sectors with more opportunities for legitimate reemployment exhibit lower increases in arrests after job losses. Greater exposure to an expansion in consumption credit also lowers the increase in arrests after employment shocks.Las opiniones contenidas en el presente documento son responsabilidad exclusiva de los autores y no comprometen al Banco de la Republica ni a su Junta Directiva. ResumenSe estiman los efectos de la pérdida del empleo como resultado de un despido masivo, sobre la probabilidad de ser arrestado, utilizando una novedosa base que parea datos de empleados, empleadores y arrestos en Medellín, Colombia. La pérdida del empleo genera una reducción inmediata en los ingresos, y un incremento en la probabilidad de ser arrestado tanto para el empleado despedido, como para otros familiares jóvenes. Nosotros explotamos la variación en las oportunidades de re-emplearse formalmente y en el acceso a crédito formal de consumo, para estudiar los mecanismos detrás de la relación entre la pérdida del empleo y el crimen. Los trabajadores en sectores en auge, con mayores oportunidades de re-emplearse, ven menos afectada su probabilidad de ser arrestados. Una mayor exposición a una expansión en la oferta de crédito de consumo también debilita la respuesta de los arrestos al choque en el mercado laboral. Palabras clave: Pérdida del empleo, crimen, MedellínCódigos JEL: K42, J63, J65

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Stealing to Survive? Crime and Income Shocks in Nineteenth Century France

Cited by 56 publications

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Crime-Related Exposure to Violence and Social Preferences: Experimental Evidence from Bogotá

Crime-Related Exposure to Violence and Social Preferences: Experimental Evidence from Bogotá

Cultural Differences and Institutional Integration

Job Loss, Credit and Crime in Colombia

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