equilibrium model is developed, exploiting these facts to quantitatively assess the race crime gap, that is the difference in … crime explained by the difference in observables. The model is calibrated relying on US data and solved numerically. The … model captures well relevant dimensions of the crime phenomenon, such as the inmates composition by race, employment status …

Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent … crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between … property crime and violent crime at work. In the model, non-monetary valuation of gang membership is private knowledge. Thus …

In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the … account for the endogeneity of education. In this causal approach, for property crimes, the negative crime …

For nearly 50 years academics have been studying how labor markets affect crime. The initial interesting and important … theoretical and empirical work generated substantial interest in studying crime among economists, in particular, and scholars in … markets reduce crime seems obvious and is widely accepted by many policy makers and academics, empirical results fail to show …

This study empirically examines the relationship between crime, deterrence and unemployment in Greece. A regional … deterred by higher clear-up rates. Also for property crime rates, the results indicate that unemployment increases crime. For …

In this paper we ask whether policies targeting a reduction in crime rates through changes in education outcomes can be … considered an effective and cost-viable alternative to interventions based on harsher punishment alone. In particular we study … the effect of subsidizing high school completion. Most econometric studies of the impact of crime policies ignore …

This paper investigates the impact of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs on crime. Making use of a unique dataset … combining detailed school characteristics with time and geo-referenced crime information from the city of São Paulo, Brazil, we … estimate the contemporaneous effect of the Bolsa Família program on crime. We address the endogeneity of CCT coverage by …

prisoner health care by installing effective anti-drug programmes would be one of the most effective measures against crime. …