Arbeitspapier
Income distribution and the fear of crime: Evidence from Germany
We here explore the link between individual concerns about crime and the distribution of income in Germany. We make use of 1995-2017 microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to show that both individual polarization and relative deprivation have statistically-significant effects on reported concerns about crime, while relative satisfaction plays no role. At the aggregate level, the main driver is equally income polarization, whereas the standard measure of inequality, the Gini index, plays no significant role.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 1071
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
General Welfare; Well-Being
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Welfare Economics: General
- Thema
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concerns about crime
deprivation
inequality
polarization
SOEP
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Acampora, Michelle
D'Ambrosio, Conchita
Grabka, Markus M.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
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Berlin
- (wann)
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2020
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Acampora, Michelle
- D'Ambrosio, Conchita
- Grabka, Markus M.
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Entstanden
- 2020