The Deteriorating Labour Market Conditions and Crime: An Analysis of Indian States during 2001-2008

Vinoj Abraham

Millennial Asia, 2012, vol. 3, issue 2, 207-231

Abstract: Incidence of crime in India has been mounting at a fast pace, especially during the last decade. Moreover, crime on body seems to be increasing in comparison to crime on property. Economics and Sociology literature on crime attributes labour market as a transmitting institution for crime. This paper is an attempt to understand the issue of crime in India as a socio-economic problem with particular reference to the Indian labour market. I argue that the poor labour market conditions in the Indian economy that has been developing in the recent past may be a prime factor in explaining the spate of rise in crime rates recently. Panel data analysis of Indian states during the period 2001-2008 show that unemployment and wage inequality are key variables that explains the crime rate in India, especially crime on body. Education similarly seems to reduce property crime rate. Crime seems to be deterred by an efficient judicial delivery.

Keywords: Crime; Labour market; Panel data analysis; Wage inequality; Property crime rate; Crime on body; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1177/097639961200300205

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