Inequality and crime revisited: effects of local inequality and economic segregation on crime
@article{Kang2016InequalityAC, title={Inequality and crime revisited: effects of local inequality and economic segregation on crime}, author={Songman Kang}, journal={Journal of Population Economics}, year={2016}, volume={29}, pages={593-626} }
Economic inequality has long been considered an important determinant of crime. Existing evidence, however, is mostly based on inadequately aggregated data sets, making its interpretation less than straightforward. Using tract- and county-level U.S. Census panel data, I decompose county-level income inequality into its within- and across-tract components and examine the extent to which county-level crime rates are influenced by local inequality and economic segregation. I find that the…
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