Crime, inequality and unemployment in England and Wales

Applied Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 3765-3775

  Wu, Dongxu ^a   Wu, Zhongmin ^b  

^a FITZWILLIAM COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; Income inequality; Panel data; UK; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

CRIME; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 80051957748     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.581217     Document Type: Article

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