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dc.contributor.authorFougère, Denisen
dc.contributor.authorKramarz, Francisen
dc.contributor.authorPouget, Julienen
dc.date.accessioned2006-07-07-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T09:12:52Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T09:12:52Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/33569-
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we examine the influence of unemployment on property crimes and on violent crimes in France for the period 1990 to 2000. This analysis is the first extensive study for this country. We construct a regional-level data set (for the 95 départements of metropolitan France) with measures of crimes as reported to the Ministry of Interior. To assess social conditions prevailing in the département in that year, we construct measures of the unemployment rate as well as other social, economic and demographic variables using multiple waves of the French Labor Survey. We estimate a classic Becker type model in which unemployment is a measure of how potential criminals fare in the legitimate job market. First, our estimates show that in the cross-section dimension, crime and unemployment are positively associated. Second, we find that increases in youth unemployment induce increases in crime. Using the predicted industrial structure to instrument unemployment, we show that this effect is causal for burglaries, thefts, and drug offences. To combat crime, it appears thus that all strategies designed to combat youth unemployment should be examined.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x2009en
dc.subject.jelJ19en
dc.subject.jelK42en
dc.subject.jelJ64en
dc.subject.jelJ65en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordcrimeen
dc.subject.keywordyouth unemploymenten
dc.subject.stwJugendarbeitslosigkeiten
dc.subject.stwSoziale Lageen
dc.subject.stwKriminalitäten
dc.subject.stwFrankreichen
dc.titleYouth unemployment and crime in France-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn509195148en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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