Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent …. Unemployment increases the relative attractiveness of large and less violent gangs engaging more in property crime. … crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between …

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 … violent crimes, however, the effect of the clear-up rate and unemployment are found to be insignificant. …

aggregation. Our empirical results with respect to the causes of crime clearly reveal the crime reducing potential of family … cohesion and the link between crime and the labour market. Furthermore, we find that higher wealth is associated with higher … rates of property crime and of drug-related offences. Drug offences themselves turn out to be robust factors of property …

aggregation. Our empirical results with respect to the causes of crime clearly reveal the crime reducing potential of family … cohesion and the link between crime and the labour market. Furthermore, we find that higher wealth is associated with higher … rates of property crime and of drug-related offences. Drug offences themselves turn out to be robust factors of property …

presented points to a causal effect of the IGESP on crime. The most conservative estimates indicate a reduction of 24% in … represented by the program may constitute a first-order factor in a successful policy for fighting crime. …

a unique insight into crime in badly governed countries which were systematically excluded from previous analyses. We …

regional unemployment. Consequently, using detail individual data from 2004/2005, we analyze the annual hikes in the minimum … probabilities. Our results reveal that the minimum wage has had a significant impact on increasing regional unemployment and …

We analyze how wage setting institutions and job-security provisions interact on unemployment. The assumption that … exercises suggest that redundancy transfers and administrative dismissal restrictions have negligeable unemployment effects when … wages are flexible or when the minimum wage is low, but a dramatic positive impact on unemployment when there is a high …

einen Mindestlohn und keine hohe Arbeitslosigkeit. Unberücksichtigt in dieser Aussage bleibt der Einfluss anderer …Ein gesetzlicher Mindestlohn erzeugt Träume. Positiv sieht er so aus: jede arbeitende Person verdient genug, um aus … Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen auf die Arbeitslosigkeit. Es sollen daher Muster, die hoher und niedriger Arbeitslosigkeit zu Grunde liegen …