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Results for economics and crime (texas)
1 results foundAuthor: Freedman, Matthew Title: Your Friends and Neighbors: Localized Economic Development, Inequality, and Criminal Activity Summary: We exploit a sudden shock to demand for a subset of low-wage workers generated by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program in San Antonio, Texas to identify the effects of local economic development programs on crime. We use a difference-in-difference methodology that takes advantage of variation in BRAC’s impact over time and across neighborhoods. We find that appropriative criminal behavior increases in neighborhoods where a fraction of residents experienced increases in earnings. This effect is driven by residents who were unlikely to be BRAC beneficiaries, implying that inequality can increase crime. We find less evidence of an impact on serious violence. Details: Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Department of Economics and Department of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012. 54p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 30, 2012 at: http://works.bepress.com/matthew_freedman/17/ Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://works.bepress.com/matthew_freedman/17/ Shelf Number: 125816 Keywords: Economic Development and CrimeEconomics and Crime (Texas)Neighborhoods and CrimePoverty |