Posts tagged with 'crime'
December 14, 2020
Brexit referendum vote caused an increase in hate crime
Effect was concentrated in the first quarter after the referendum and was larger in areas that voted to leave the EU
November 6, 2019
Economic causes and consequences of mass shootings
Perpetrators are often low-educated and in financial distress — shootings leave lasting scars on local labor markets
April 24, 2019
How day-to-day violence affects children’s educational attainment
Innovative study based on detailed crime data from São Paulo, Brazil
September 24, 2018
Why does education reduce crime?
Keeping kids “off the streets” may matter more than improving their labor market prospects
April 26, 2018
Air pollution increases crime in London
Higher levels of air pollution in London increase the rate of most types of crime in the capital and, in […]
April 24, 2018
The moral hazard of life-saving innovations: Naloxone access, opioid abuse, and crime
By Jennifer Doleac and Anita Mukherjee The United States is grappling with an epidemic of opioid abuse and mortality. The […]
October 19, 2016
Increase in imports adversely affects provision of public services across U.S. localities
Recent research suggests that workers living in places with a heavy manufacturing presence in the U.S. have experienced both a […]
November 27, 2015
Rank, sex, drugs and crime: How relative ability affects adolescents’ risky behaviors
Parents, teachers and policymakers alike are concerned with adolescents engaging in risky practices, such as drug abuse, unprotected sex, or […]
September 24, 2015
Street prostitution zones make cities safer
Designated zones for street prostitution have reduce crime in the Netherlands. Data from 1994-2011 for Dutch cities show a decrease […]
May 19, 2015
Innovative approach to reduce violence and crime in Liberia: New research supported by DFID and IZA
Cities are home to more than half the population of developing countries. Many cities struggle to deal with large-scale urban […]
November 24, 2014
Stealing to survive: Crime rates rise in response to poor harvest
Between 1863 and 1890, phylloxera (an insect which attacks grapevine roots) destroyed about 40% of the French vineyards. The crisis […]
August 20, 2014
How recessions produce career criminals
Recessions are known to create higher unemployment rates and lower levels of happiness and income. There is also growing evidence […]
June 20, 2014
A culture of crime: growing up with the mafia next door
Organized crime generates about two percent of global GDP. While this is already a considerable share, the mafia and other […]
June 9, 2014
Is becoming criminal a matter of time?
When homo economicus thinks about committing a crime, it’s all about balancing: the benefit of the crime against the disutility […]
January 13, 2014
Fighting crime: incarceration does not always help
Does putting people in jail make the world a safer place? A new IZA discussion paper by Magnus Lofstrom and […]
August 16, 2013
How the Great Recession affected domestic violence
During each global recession of the past decades there have been recurrent suggestions in the media that domestic violence increases […]
February 19, 2013
Who joins a drug-selling gang?
A new paper by Leandro Carvalho and Rodrigo R. Soares analyzes the members of drug-trafficking gangs in the favelas (slums) […]