This paper analyses the interplay between social structure and information exchange in two competing activities, crime … as dyads. There are multiple equilibria. If jobs are badly paid and/or crime is profitable, unemployment benefits have to … be low enough to prevent workers for staying too long in the unemployment status because they are vulnerable to crime …

, affect the likelihood to become criminal, although with differential importance by type of crime. …

Starting from Becker’s seminal paper we review the first contributions to the economics of crime, stressing how with … account the probability of being arrested and punished and the expected returns from crime. Criminal decision is an economic … the main recent contributions to the economics of crime; in particular we outline the determinants of criminal behaviours …

, affect the likelihood to become criminal, although with differential importance by type of crime. …

We develop a model where the decision to commit a crime in a neighboring area is a positive function of the percentage … of same-race individuals residing in that area since they can provide crucial information on crime possibilities. The … model then predicts a positive spatial correlation in crime between different contiguous areas; this correlation is higher …

local crime rates. This policy, developed in the wake of the global recession of 2008-09, was designed to boost local … investment policies, to estimate their impact on both (un)employment and crime. The combination of difference-in-differences and … market and on municipal-level crime rates. While the policy apparently did not tackle the economic recession over the long …

local crime rates. This policy, developed in the wake of the global recession of 2008-09, was designed to boost local … investment policies, to estimate their impact on both (un)employment and crime. The combination of difference-in-differences and … market and on municipal-level crime rates. While the policy apparently did not tackle the economic recession over the long …

local crime rates. This policy, developed in the wake of the global recession of 2008-09, was designed to boost local … investment policies, to estimate their impact on both (un)employment and crime. The combination of difference-in-differences and … market and on municipal-level crime rates. While the policy apparently did not tackle the economic recession over the long …