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We investigate the long-term relationship between conflict-related migration and individual socioeconomic inequality …. Looking at the post-conflict environment of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), a former Yugoslav state most heavily impacted by the … histories. We find that individuals with greater exposure to conflict had systematically worse educational performance and lower …
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channel. According to our model, collusion between law enforcement agencies and criminal organizations is more likely in … instead suggest that those societies should intervene with non-local law enforcement agencies in order to (re-)establish the …
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There is a consensus that inequality increases the supply of crime. As disparity in income grows within a society, the incentives for low-income individuals to engage in criminal activities also increase. However, in a context of high inequality, better-off individuals invest in deterring those...
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Conflict can cause negative externalities to arise, and this can result in economic loss. Such externalities are also … this hypothesis, the present paper explores how the degree of conflict between rich and poor people is associated with … where people perceive conflict between rich and poor to be high; (2) an individual is more likely to consider the income …
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spatial inequality, national economic performance, and the incidence of armed conflict. By providing a theoretical rent …
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three rounds of household survey data for Sierra Leone in an attempt to estimate the impact of the conflict on the … experienced a sharp reduction in household expenditure inequality in the immediate aftermath of the conflict with most of the …
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This paper investigates the impact of inequality on individual civic engagement at the community level, whether this impact persists over time, and what mechanisms may shape the relationship between inequality and civic engagement. The results show that inequality in Colombia is associated with...
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Our study is based on the traditional Becker-Ehrlich deterrence model, but we analyse the model in the face of currently discussed factors of crime like demographic changes, youth-unemployment and income inequality. We use a panel of the German Laender (states) that allows us to exploit...
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Our study is based on the traditional Becker-Ehrlich deterrence model, but we analyse the model in the face of currently discussed factors of crime like demographic changes, youth-unemployment and income inequality. We use a panel of the German Laender (states) that allows us to exploit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014197950
This paper uses a sample of 71 countries in a cross-country context to empirically analyze the relationship between income distribution and software piracy rates. It measures income inequality by the Gini coefficient and alternatively by quintile shares. This analysis remedies previous...
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