Does Owner-Occupied Housing Affect Neighbourhood Crime?

Jørgen Lauridsen, Niels Nannerup () and Morten Skak
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Niels Nannerup: Department of Business and Economics, Postal: University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark

No 19/2013, Discussion Papers on Economics from University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics

Abstract: Economic as well as sociological theory bring some support to the hypothesis that personal home ownership per se makes individuals more responsible to society values and hence less inclined to commit offences against property or commit other kinds of crimes. Departing from this hypothesis, the present study seeks to provide empirical evidence for a link between levels of crime and local residential ownership rates. In the framework of a linear regression model and based on Danish municipality data, we establish empirical evidence for a negative relationship between local home ownership rates and local crime rates even when controlling for a broad range of economic and demographic variables.

Keywords: Housing market; Violence crime; Simple crime; Neighbourhood deprivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 C23 C33 K42 P25 R31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2013-12-03
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