Chinese import competition, crime, and government transfers in US

被引：20

作者：

Che, Yi ^{[1
]}

Xu, Xun ^{[1
]}

Zhang, Yan ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Antai Coll Econ & Management, Shanghai, Peoples R China

[2] Shanghai Univ Finance & Econ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Math Econ SUFE, Sch Econ, Shanghai, Peoples R China

来源：

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS | 2018年 / 46卷 / 02期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Chinese import competition; US Crime; Government transfers; GENERAL STRAIN THEORY; UNITED-STATES; ELECTORAL CYCLES; VIOLENT CRIME; INCOME INEQUALITY; WEAK INSTRUMENTS; LABOR-MARKETS; TRADE; ALCOHOL; IMPACT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jce.2017.10.003

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper exploits the exogenous rise of Chinese imports in US to investigate the effect of import competition on crime at the county level. The results indicate that counties with high exposure to Chinese import competition have high crime rates. The exposure effect on property crime is much larger than that on violent crime. A one standard deviation increase in exposure causes 32 more violent crimes in the county, while such increase in exposure causes 256 more property crimes. Interestingly, we find that the crime impact of exposure to Chinese import competition becomes smaller in counties with high government transfers.

引用

页码：544 / 567

页数：24

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