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The effects of unem...
The effects of unemployment on property crime : evidence from a period of unusually large swings in the business cycle
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- Edmark, Karin (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Nationalekonomiska institutionen
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- Uppsala : Nationalekonomiska institutionen, 2003
- Engelska 27 s.
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Serie: Working paper, 0284-2904 ; 2003:14
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Abstract
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- This paper uses a panel of Swedish counties over the years 1988-99 to study the effects of unemployment on property crime rates. The period under study is characterized by great turbulence in the labor market - the variation in the unemployment rates is unprecedented in the second half of the century. The data hence provides a unique opportunity to investigate unemployment effects. According to the theory of economics of crime, increased unemployment rates lead to higher property crime rates. A fixed effects model is estimated to investigate this hypothesis. The model includes time- and county-specific effects and a number of economic and socio-demographic variables in order to control for unobservables and covariates. In addition the model is estimated with linear and quadratic time trends to control for county-specific unobserved trends. The result gives strong evidence that unemployment has a positive and significant effect on burglary, car theft and bike theft.
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- Unemployment
- Crime rate
- Arbetslöshet
- Brottslighet
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- vet (ämneskategori)
- rap (ämneskategori)