Unemployment and crime: Is there a connection?

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 353-373

  Edmark, Karin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economics of crime; Fixed effects estimation; Panel data; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

CRIME; LABOR MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 24644518106     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2005.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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