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The socio-economic determinants of crime in South Africa : an empirical assessment
Bhorat, Haroon; Lilenstein, Adaiah; Monnakgotla, Jabulile; … - 2017
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Understanding the relationship between inequalities and poverty : mechanisms associated with crime, the legal system and punitive sanctions
Duque, Magali; McKnight, Abigail - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012042330
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Poverty traps, economic inequality and incentives for delinquency
Villa, Edgar; Salazar, Andrés - In: Cuadernos de economía 32 (2013), pp. 753-786
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Poverty aversion or inequality aversion? : the influencing factors of crime in China
Song, Zhe; Yan, Taihua; Jiang, Tangyang - In: Journal of applied economics 23 (2020) 1, pp. 679-708
This paper aims to understand whether and how poverty aversion and inequality aversion affect the criminal behaviors …. Inequality significantly increases crime, while the poverty reduction does not reduce crime. 2. The widening consumption gap … not affected by poverty but by inequality in the choice of crime. …
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Financial literacy and attitudes to redistribution
Montagnoli, Alberto; Moro, Mirko; Panos, Georgios A.; … - 2016
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Financial literacy and attitudes to redistribution
Montagnoli, Alberto; Moro, Mirko; Panos, Georgios A.; … - 2017
This study combines novel financial-literacy data with measures of attitudes to redistribution from the British Election Study. We find a significant negative relationship between financial literacy and attitudes in favour of government intervention for income redistribution. The effect is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631491
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Financial education for the disadvantaged? : a review
Entorf, Horst; Hou, Jia - 2018
In contrast to the popularity of financial education interventions worldwide, studies on the economic effects of those interventions report mixed results. With a focus on the effect on disadvantaged groups, we review both the theoretical and empirical findings in order to understand why this...
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For financial illiteracy
Dunn, Bill - In: The economic and labour relations review : ELRR 34 (2023) 2, pp. 299-313
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The idiosyncratic impact of an aggregate shock: The distributional consequences of COVID-19
Benzeval, Michaela; Burton, Jonathan; Crossley, Thomas; … - 2020
Using new data from the Understanding Society: COVID 19 survey collected in April 2020, we show how the aggregate shock caused by the pandemic affects individuals across the distribution. The survey collects data from existing members of the Under-standing Society panel survey who have been...
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Furlough and Household Financial Distress during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Görtz, Christoph; McGowan, Danny; Yeromonahos, Mallory - 2021
We study how furlough affects household financial distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furlough increases the probability of late housing and bill payments by 30% and 9%, respectively. The effects exist for individuals who rent their home, but not mortgagees who can mitigate financial distress...
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