A Brief Empirical Note on the Impact of Welfare Benefit Levels on Property Crime in the United States

Richard Cebula ()

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Abstract: This study hypothesizes that welfare benefit levels constitute an alternative source of income to property crime. Consequently, higher welfare levels should at the margin reduce the attractiveness of perpetrating property crime. Evidence from the largest metropolitan areas in the United States support the hypothesis.

Keywords: opportunity costs; welfare levels; property crime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D19 D72 D78 H31 H89 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990-03-19
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Published in Public Finance/Finances Publiques 3.46(1991): pp. 512-516

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