Blasio, Guido de; Menon, Carlo - Banca d'Italia - 2013
The paper investigates the effect of local economic conditions on crime. The study focuses on Italy�s local labor … markets and analyzes the short-term response of crime to the severe slump of 2007-2009. It shows that the downturn led to a …-worker contractual arrangements) had a role in slowing down the effect of the economy on crime; ii) the link between the downturn and …
