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dc.contributor.authorPoutvaara, Panuen
dc.contributor.authorPriks, Mikaelen
dc.date.accessioned2007-07-24-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T08:14:35Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-28T08:14:35Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/25989-
dc.description.abstractEmpirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between property crime and violent crime at work. In the model, non-monetary valuation of gang membership is private knowledge. Thus the leaders face a trade-off between less crime per member in large gangs and more crime per member in small gangs. Unemployment increases the relative attractiveness of large and less violent gangs engaging more in property crime.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x1944en
dc.subject.jelK42en
dc.subject.jelD71en
dc.subject.jelD74en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordviolenceen
dc.subject.keywordcrimeen
dc.subject.keywordgangsen
dc.subject.keywordunemploymenten
dc.subject.keywordidentityen
dc.subject.stwKriminalitäten
dc.subject.stwGewalten
dc.subject.stwArbeitslosigkeiten
dc.subject.stwKriminalitätsökonomiken
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleUnemployment and gang crime: could prosperity backfire?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn538084251en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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