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Title: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Employment and Crime
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1. Mallubhotla, Deepak
An Analysis of the Relationship Between Employment and Crime
The Park Place Economist, 21, 1 (2013): 93-100
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Digital Commons@ Illinois Wesleyan University (DC@IWU)
Keyword(s): Crime; Employment; Income

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NLSY97 data was examined to see whether employment variables predict crime, with employment represented by both income and the number of weeks worked. Theory predicts that there are lagged effects of employment on crime, which is why both lagged and unlagged cases are examined. In order to validate the assumption that changes in employment cause changes in crime, rather than the other way around, the impact of lagged crime on employment variables is also tested. Employment is found to have a significant effect on crime, although the theory fails to explain the lagged effects of employment measures.
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Mallubhotla, Deepak. "An Analysis of the Relationship Between Employment and Crime." The Park Place Economist, 21, 1 (2013): 93-100.