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| Author: | Yamada, T. Yamada, T. Kang, J. M. |
| Title: | Crime rate and labor market conditions: theory and time-series evidence. |
| Journal: | Economic Studies Quarterly
1993 : SEP, VOL. 44:3, p. 250-262 |
| Index terms: | CRIME LABOUR MARKETS UNEMPLOYMENT |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The aim is to examine the impact of labor market conditions, represented by male civilian unemployment rates, on seven major categories of crime. A theoretical model is proposed from which the positive macro relationship between the unemployment rate and the crime rate is explicitly derived. A view is proposed that an increase in the unemployment rate triggers a subsequent increase in the crime rate. A fact is indicated that there lie the economic forces and motivations behind the positive relationship between the unemployment rate and the crime rate. |
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