Arbeitspapier
Thieves, thugs, and neighborhood poverty
This paper develops a model of crime analyzing how such behavior is associated with individual and neighborhood poverty. The model shows that even under relatively minimal assumptions, a connection between individual poverty and both property and violent crimes will arise, and moreover, neighborhood effects can develop, but will differ substantially in nature across crime types. A key implication is that greater economic segregation in a city should have no effect or a negative effect on property crime, but a positive effect on violent crime. Using IV methods, I show this implication to be consistent with the empirical evidence.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4470
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- Subject
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Poverty
crime
neighborhood effects
segregation
instrumental variables
public housing
Kriminalität
Segregation
Armut
Nachbarschaftsökonomie
Theorie
USA
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Bjerk, David
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2009
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-20091015808
- Last update
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13.03.20252025, 1:13 PM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Bjerk, David
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2009
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