Public action to prevent crime is often driven by concerns about public safety. But what generatesthose concerns ? Is … it crime, or something else ? Using survey data for Brazil, we find that thedesire for greater public safety has a … positive own-income effect, but a negative neighborhood-income effect; living in a poor area increases concern for public …

Using data for 134 locations in New Zealand, we study the effects of crime and agglomeration on urban amenity. We find … that crime has significant negative effects on the value of urban amenity, with elasticities of approximately −0.06 for … approximately 2-3 times more sensitive to crime than average temperature. More uniquely, we find that controlling for crime leads to …

It is well known that income and health are positively associated. Much less is known about the strength of this … by government transfers versus market transfers on changes in income-related health inequality (IRHI) in Europe. Using … the European Union Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) panel data for 7 EU countries from 2004 to 2013, we …

January 1, 1995. We examine the impact of this legislationon reported crime rates using different time series approaches. In …