Crime and unemployment: Evidence from Europe

Duha Altindag ()

International Review of Law and Economics, 2012, vol. 32, issue 1, 145-157

Abstract: I investigate the impact of unemployment on crime using a country-level panel data set from Europe that contains consistently measured crime statistics. Unemployment has a positive influence on property crimes. Using earthquakes, industrial accidents and the exchange rate movements as instruments for the unemployment rate, I find that 2SLS point estimates are larger than OLS estimates.

Keywords: Crime; Europe; Unemployment; Earthquakes; Industrial accidents; Instrumental variables (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J00 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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Working Paper: Crime and Unemployment: Evidence from Europe (2011)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2011.10.003

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