Does income inequality lead to more crime? A comparison of cross-sectional and time-series analyses of United States counties

被引：104

作者：

Brush, Jesse ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Weston, MA 02493 USA

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2007年 / 96卷 / 02期

关键词：

income inequality; poverty; crime; counties;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2007.01.012

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper estimates the effect of income inequality on crime in United States counties using both cross-sectional and first-differenced approaches. Income inequality is positively associated with crime rates in the cross section analysis, but negatively associated with crime rates in the time-series analysis. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：264 / 268

页数：5

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