Arbeitspapier
Inequality and crime: Separating the effects of permanent and transitory income
Earlier studies on income inequality and crime have typically used total income or total earnings. However, it is quite likely that it is changes in permanent rather than in transitory income that affects crime rates. The purpose of this paper is therefore to disentangle the two effects by, first, estimating region-specific inequality in permanent and transitory income and, second, estimating crime equations with the two separate income components as explanatory variables. The results indicate that it is important to separate the two effects; while an increase in the inequality in permanent income yields a positive and significant effect on total crimes and three different property crimes, an increase in the inequality in transitory income has no significant effect on any type of crime. Using a traditional, aggregate, measure of income yields mainly insignificant effects on crime.
- Sprache
-
Englisch
- Erschienen in
-
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2005:19
- Klassifikation
-
Wirtschaft
Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General
Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior: General
- Thema
-
Crime
permanent income
transitory income
Einkommensumverteilung
Kriminalität
Kriminalitätsökonomik
Theorie
- Ereignis
-
Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
-
Dahlberg, Matz
Gustavsson, Magnus
- Ereignis
-
Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
-
Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)
- (wo)
-
Uppsala
- (wann)
-
2005
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
-
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
Datenpartner
Dieses Objekt wird bereitgestellt von:
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Dahlberg, Matz
- Gustavsson, Magnus
- Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)
Entstanden
- 2005
Ähnliche Objekte (12)
Inequality and Crime: Separating the Effects of Permanent and Transitory Income
Decomposing permanent and transitory poverty
Decomposing permanent and transitory poverty
The dynamics and inequality of Italian male earnings: permanent changes or transitory fluctuations?
Permanent and Transitory Wage Inequality of British Men, 1975-2001: Year, Age and Cohort Effects
Dynamic contracting under permanent and transitory private information
Permanent versus transitory income shocks over the business cycle
Multiple Unemployment Equilibria: Do Transitory Shocks Have Permanent Effects?
A Rising Natural Rate of Unemployment: Transitory or Permanent?
The Role of Education and Household Composition for Transitory and Permanent Income Inequality. Evidence from PSID Data
The role of education and household composition for transitory and permanent income inequality : evidence from PSID data
The estimation uncertainty of permanent-transitory decompositions in cointegrated systems
Inequality and Crime: Separating the Effects of Permanent and Transitory Income
Decomposing permanent and transitory poverty
Decomposing permanent and transitory poverty
The dynamics and inequality of Italian male earnings: permanent changes or transitory fluctuations?
Permanent and Transitory Wage Inequality of British Men, 1975-2001: Year, Age and Cohort Effects
Dynamic contracting under permanent and transitory private information
Permanent versus transitory income shocks over the business cycle
Multiple Unemployment Equilibria: Do Transitory Shocks Have Permanent Effects?
A Rising Natural Rate of Unemployment: Transitory or Permanent?
The Role of Education and Household Composition for Transitory and Permanent Income Inequality. Evidence from PSID Data
The role of education and household composition for transitory and permanent income inequality : evidence from PSID data
The estimation uncertainty of permanent-transitory decompositions in cointegrated systems
Inequality and Crime: Separating the Effects of Permanent and Transitory Income
Decomposing permanent and transitory poverty
Decomposing permanent and transitory poverty
The dynamics and inequality of Italian male earnings: permanent changes or transitory fluctuations?
Permanent and Transitory Wage Inequality of British Men, 1975-2001: Year, Age and Cohort Effects
Dynamic contracting under permanent and transitory private information
Permanent versus transitory income shocks over the business cycle
Multiple Unemployment Equilibria: Do Transitory Shocks Have Permanent Effects?
A Rising Natural Rate of Unemployment: Transitory or Permanent?
The Role of Education and Household Composition for Transitory and Permanent Income Inequality. Evidence from PSID Data
The role of education and household composition for transitory and permanent income inequality : evidence from PSID data