Scaring or Scarring? Labor Market Effects of Criminal Victimization

Anna Bindler and Nadine Ketel

Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, vol. 40, issue 4, 939 - 970

Abstract: Little is known about the costs of crime to victims. We use unique and detailed register data on victimizations and monthly labor market outcomes from the Netherlands and estimate event study designs to assess short- and long-term effects of criminal victimization. Across offenses, both males and females experience significant decreases in earnings (up to −12.9%) and increases in benefit receipt (up to +6%) after victimization. The negative labor market responses are lasting (up to 4 years) and accompanied by shorter-lived responses in health expenditure. Heterogeneity results suggest that most groups of victims, including the noninjured, suffer nontrivial losses.

Date: 2022
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Working Paper: Scaring or Scarring? Labour Market Effects of Criminal Victimisation (2019)
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