The Impact of Living Wage Ordinances on Urban Crime

We examine the impact of living wages on crime. Past research has found that living wages appear to increase unemployment while providing greater returns to market work. The impact on crime, therefore, is unclear. Using data on annual crime rates for large cities in the United States, we find that living wage ordinances are associated with notable reductions in property related crime and little impact on non-property crimes

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Fernandez, Jose M. ; Holman, Thomas ; Pepper, John V.
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Mindestlohn \| Minimum wage \| Kriminalität \| Crime \| Stadt \| Town

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (29 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments June 4, 2012 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2115588 [DOI]
Classification:	I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; H73 - Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects ; R50 - Regional Government Analysis. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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