Happiness, Ideology and Crime in Argentine Cities

Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto Schargrodsky

No 1662, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: This paper uses self-reported data on victimization, subjective well being and ideology for a panel of individuals living in six Argentine cities. While no relationship is found between happiness and victimization experiences, a correlation is documented, however, between victimization experience and changes in ideological positions. Specifically, individuals who are the victims of crime are subsequently more likely than non-victims to state that inequality is high in Argentina and that the appropriate measure to reduce crime is to become less punitive (demanding lower penalties for the same crime).

Keywords: IDB-WP-112 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 K42 R29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-11
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