Unemployment and Gang Crime

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dc.contributor.author	Priks, Mikael	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Poutvaara, Panu	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-04T10:28:15Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-04T10:28:15Z
dc.date.issued	2007-12-04T00:00:00Z	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7692
dc.description.abstract	Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between property crime and violent crime at work. In the model, non-monetary valuation of gang membership is private knowledge. Thus the leaders face a trade-off between less crime per member in large gangs and more crime per member in small gangs. Unemployment increases the relative attractiveness of large and less violent gangs engaging more in property crime. Violence, Crime, Gangs, Unemployment, Identity	en_US
dc.format.extent	15 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Discussion paper;2007-13	en_US
dc.title	Unemployment and Gang Crime	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt07dec04 nijemo	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Centre for Economic and Business Research	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	CEBR	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Centre for Economic and Business Research	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	CEBR	en_US
dc.idnumber	x656555512	en_US
dc.publisher.city	København	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2007	en_US
dc.title.subtitle	Could Prosperity Backfire?	en_US