An econometric analysis of Burglary in Ireland

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This paper outlines an econometric model of the level of burglary in Ireland between 1952 and 1998. We explain the evolution of the trend in Burglary in terms of demographic factors: in this case the share of young males in the population, the macro-economy in the form of consumer expenditure and two characteristics of the criminal justice system : the detection rate for these crimes and the size of the prison population. The share of young males is associated with higher levels of these crimes. Imprisonment and detection act as powerful forces for reducing crimes, the effects of aggregate consumption are more difficult to pin down but we show that higher spending is associated with more lucrative but probably fewer crimes. One somewhat surprising result is that we were unable to find any robust effect from direct measures of labour market activity such as unemployment rates or wage levels.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series ; No. WP04/16

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Denny, Kevin ; Harmon, Colm ; Lydon, Reamonn
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University College Dublin, Department of Economics
• (wo): Dublin
• (wann): 2004

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• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/72417
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ