The determinants of employee crime in the UK

Neil Rickman and Robert Witt

No 703, School of Economics Discussion Papers from School of Economics, University of Surrey

Abstract: For the first time, we present evidence on employee theft in the UK using data on actual recorded crime. We present a model where employees are rational cheaters with consciences to produce hypotheses about the role of labour market (wages, unemployment) and social (age, education) influences on employee theft. We then examine the role of these influences using regional crime data supplemented by data from the LFS. Our results provide information on two competing views of motivations for crime and on policy to combat employee crime.

Keywords: Employee crime; Labour markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J20 K14 K42 M5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-06
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Journal Article: The Determinants of Employee Crime in the UK (2007)
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