Income inequality and crime in the United States |
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| Authors: | Jongmook Choe |
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| Institution: | aDepartment of Statistics, The George Washington University, 2400 Virginia Ave NW Apt C830, Washington, DC 20037, United States |
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| Abstract: | This paper investigates the relationship between income inequality and crime. Results show that there is a strong and robust effect of relative income inequality on burglary. Effect on robbery is also strong and robust in most cases. |
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| Keywords: | Inequality Gini ratio CrimeJEL codes: I32 K42 |
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