Machin, Stephen; Meghir, Costas - 2000 - September 2000 - This draft
. These reinforce the picture of a strong impact of wages on crime. The result that incentives play a central role is …We explore the role that economic incentives, particularly changes in wages at the bottom end of the wage distribution …, play in determining crime rates. We use data on the police force areas of England and Wales between 1975 and 1996. We find …
