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Title: Does Inequality Increase Crime? The Effect of Income Inequality on Crime Rates in California Counties

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Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: This article estimates the effect of county level income inequality on violent and property crime rates using data on eight years of data on California counties. Initial cross-sectional analysis suggests income inequality decreases most categories of crime. However, the impact of income inequality on all crime categories is statistically significant using a well structured panel data estimation.

Url: http://www.matthewkeen.net/documents/ChenKeenAlt.pdf

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Authors: Chen, Wenbin; Keen, Matthew

Publisher: San Francisco State University

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Crime and Deviance, Race and Ethnicity

Countries: United States