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| Author: | Calvó-Armengol, A. Verdier, T, Zenou, Y. |
| Title: | Strong and weak ties in employment and crime |
| Journal: | Journal of Public Economics
2007 : FEB, VOL. 91:1-2, p. 203-233 |
| Index terms: | crime interaction labour markets |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article analyzes the interplay between social structure and information exchange in two competing activities, crime and labor. It claims that 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 activities. The results also show that in segregated neighborhood characterized by high interactions between peers, a policy only based on punishment and arrest will not be efficient in reducing crime. It has to be accompanied by other types of policies that take into account social interactions. |
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