This paper examines the effect of unemployment rates on crime rates, using two types of Japanese data: time-series data from 1976 to 2008 and prefectural panel data from 1975 to 2005. An analysis using time-series data shows that an increase in unemployment rates raises crime rates, while the...

This paper surveys prior papers about married womenfs labor supply theory gDouglas-Arisawafs lawh and considers the future view of this theory.