Violent crime, gender inequalities and well-being: Models based on a survey of individual capabilities and crime rates for England and Wales

Revue d'Economie Politique

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-158

  Anand, Paul ^a,b   Santos, Cristina ^a,c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; Gender inequalities; Happiness; Income; The capabilities approach; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947216539     PISSN: 03732630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/redp.171.0135     Document Type: Article

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