Estimating the effect of inequality on crime is challenging due to reverse causality and omitted variable bias. This … is largely manifested in persistent levels of economic inequality. Municipality-level economic inequality in Colombia is … is found that inequality increases both property crime and violent crime. The estimates are robust to including …

Inequality has always been taken as a major explanatory factor of the rate of crime. Yet, the evidence in favor of that … inequality measures, that is most likely to influence the rate of (property) crime in a given society. Using a simple theoretical … segment of the population whose relative income best explains time changes in crime …

We study the relationship between housing inequality and crime in South Africa. We create a novel panel dataset …. An increase of one standard deviation in housing inequality explains between 9 and 13 percent of crime increases … conditions can play in the reduction of crime in an emerging economy context. …

. Inequality significantly increases crime, while the poverty reduction does not reduce crime. 2. The widening consumption gap … between urban and rural residents may be the cause of crime, the effect is more significant for visible consumer goods. 3. The … excessive consumption difference between the rich and ordinary people may lead to crime. 4. The increasing inequality of …