A poverty trap of crime and unemployment

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 450-462

  Mauro, Luciano ^a   Carmeci, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH MODELING; LABOR MARKET; POVERTY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547114494     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2006.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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