The effects of labor markets and income inequality on crime: Evidence from panel data

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 717-738

  Doyle, Joanne M ^a   Ahmed, Ehsan ^a   Horn, Robert N ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033468087     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061272     Document Type: Article

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