unemployment and crime rates. More specifical ly, we find that youth unemployment plays a prominent role in explaining property … crime, namely housing burglary. Our results are in line with previous research: neglecting endogeneity of unemployment … in a causal and spatial framework. we study the case of Germany as evidently this country’s economy has demonstrated …

Existiert ein Zusammenhang zwischen Arbeitslosigkeit und Kriminalität in Deutschland? Würde ein Rückgang der … Arbeitslosigkeit auch einen Teil des Kriminalitätsproblems lösen? Diese beiden Fragen stellen den Ausgangspunkt der Untersuchung dar …. Natürlich ist Arbeitslosigkeit nicht der einzige Einflussfaktor auf Kriminalität, dennoch kann ausgehend von diesen Ergebnissen …

Germany can be regarded as a showcase for labor market reforms. Moreover, its labor market responded only mildly to the …

miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important … reforms, the nature of the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies in Germany, the extension of short-time work, the …

Germany’s labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the … particularly affected by the crisis. Although Germany’s experience is in stark contrast to the United States, we identify and …

I investigate the impact of unemployment on crime using a country-level panel data set from Europe that contains … consistently-measured crime statistics. Unemployment has a positive influence on property crimes. Using earthquakes, industrial … accidents and the exchange rate movements as instruments for the unemployment rate, I find that 2SLS point estimates are larger …

to lead a life of crime than those graduating into a buoyant labour market. These effects are long lasting and …