Unemployment and crime: New evidence for an old question

New Zealand Economic Papers

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-72

  Papps, Kerry ^a   Winkelmann, Rainer ^b,c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 24644444838     PISSN: 00779954     EISSN: 19434863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779950009544315     Document Type: Article

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