Income inequality and crime in the United States

Jongmook Choe

Economics Letters, 2008, vol. 101, issue 1, 31-33

Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between income inequality and crime. Results show that there is a strong and robust effect of relative income inequality on burglary. Effect on robbery is also strong and robust in most cases.

Keywords: Inequality; Gini; ratio; Crime; I32; K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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