The crime Kuznets curve
We document the existence of a Crime Kuznets Curve in US states since the 1970s. As income levels have risen, crime has followed an inverted U-shaped pattern, first increasing and then dropping. The Crime Kuznets Curve is not explained by income inequality. In fact, we show that during the sample pe...
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Formato: | Desconocido (Unknown) |
Lenguaje: | Inglés (English) |
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Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE
2018
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Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8488 |