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...
- Autores:
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Buonanno, Paolo
Fergusson Talero, Leopoldo
Vargas Duque, Juan Fernando
- Tipo de recurso:
- Work document
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2014
- Institución:
- Universidad de los Andes
- Repositorio:
- Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/8488
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8488
- Palabra clave:
- Crime cuznets curve
Income inequality
Non-parametric Kernel analysis
Desigualdad económica - Investigaciones - Estados Unidos
Economía del trabajo - Investigaciones - Estados Unidos
Mercado laboral - Investigaciones - Estados Unidos
K42, D63
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/