Special issue on forecasting,use of survey data on expectations,and panel data applications: editors’ introduction |
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Authors: | Badi H Baltagi |
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Institution: | 1.School of Economics and Management, Lund University,Lund,Sweden;2.Department of Economics,Stockholm University,Stockholm,Sweden |
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Abstract: | This study reinvestigates the relationship between unemployment and crime, but is the first to focus explicitly on the effects of long-term unemployment on crime. A unique finding is that long-term unemployment shows a strong association with violent crime, an effect which is greater than that of total unemployment on property crime in this and most previous studies. Long-term unemployment thus identifies a marginal group for committing crime (particularly violent crime) better than total unemployment, with the duration of unemployment plausibly increasing the strain that fosters violent behaviour. |
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