Crime, Prison, and Female Labor Supply

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-85

  Witt, Robert ^a   Witte, Ann ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Conditional model; Crime; Female labor supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034379997     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007525527967     Document Type: Article

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