Crime rates, male youth unemployment and real income in Australia: Evidence from Granger causality tests

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2079-2095

  Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^a   Smyth, Russell ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; INCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 5044227855     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000261842     Document Type: Article

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