. Based on in-depth interviews in low-income neighborhoods, this article shows that women community leaders develop coping … and crime, but also they are part of women community leaders’ development of agency. We aim to go beyond the ‘passive …

we estimate the impact of a negative income shock on crime. Our identification strategy exploits the phylloxera crisis …Using local administrative data from 1826 to 1936, we document the evolution of crime rates in 19th century France and … this shock to identify its impact on property and violent crime rates, as well as minor offences. Our estimates suggest …

growth and poverty. Owing to the poverty-alleviating and income-generating effects of remittances, it may theoretically … reduce crime by increasing the opportunity cost of committing crime. This paper studies the effects of remittance receipts on … crime outcomes in India. The identification strategy, exploits the variation in rainfall as an instrument for remittance …