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Author: Abrahamn, Vinoj

Title: The Deteriorating Labour Market Conditions and Crime: An Analysis of Indian States during 2001-2008

Summary: Incidence of crime in India has been mounting at a fast pace , especially during the last decade. Moreover, crime on body seems to be increasing in comparison to crime on property. Economics and Sociology literature on crime attributes labour market as a transmitting institution for crime. This paper is an attempt to understand the issue of crime in India as a socio-economic problem with particular reference to the Indian labour market. I argue that the poor labour market conditions in the Indian economy that has been developing in the recent past may be a prime factor in explaining the spate of rise in crime rates recently. Panel data analysis of Indian states during the period 2001- 2008 show that unemployment and wage inequality are key variables that explains the crime rate in India, especially crime on body. Education similarly seems to reduce property crime rate. Crime also seem to be deterred by an efficient judicial delivery system, however the role of police as a deterrent is ambiguous.

Details: Kerala, India: Centre for Development Studies, 2011. 29p.

Source: Internet Resource: MPRA Paper No. 31387: Accessed July 24, 2012 at: http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/31387/2/MPRA_paper_31387.pdf

Year: 2011

Country: India

URL: http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/31387/2/MPRA_paper_31387.pdf

Shelf Number: 125759

Keywords:
Crime Rates
Economic Conditions
Employment
Labor Market
Property Crimes
Unemployment and Crime (India)