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Author: Borraz, Fernando

Title: Conditional Cash Transfers and Crime: Higher Income but also Better Loot

Summary: We analyze the impact of conditional cash transfer programs on crime. We present evidence that welfare payments in cash significantly increase criminal activities. We exploit the exogenous increase in the payment and the number of beneficiaries given by a major reformulation of the CCT program in Uruguay. The increase in crime is exclusively observed in property crime suggesting the impact is driven by economic reasons. Our findings suggest that more cash available in the streets improves the loot from crime and thus increases the incentives for criminal activities

Details: Montevideo, Uruguay: Centro de Economía, Sociedad y Empresa, IEEM Business School, Universidad de Montevideo, 2014. 15p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 13, 2017 at: https://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/download.cgi?db_name=ESWC2015&paper_id=2662

Year: 2014

Country: Uruguay

URL: https://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/download.cgi?db_name=ESWC2015&paper_id=2662

Shelf Number: 145023

Keywords:
Conditional Cash Transfers
Poverty
Property Crime
Welfare Payments