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来源

来源 JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.67,P.218-231

语言

英文

关键字

J31;Compensating wage differential;Crime;Three-way error-components model

作者单位

Institute of Economics, Leuphana University Lüneburg, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany"}]},{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"cor1;Institute of Economics, Leuphana University Lüneburg, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany"}]}},"correspondences":{"cor1":{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"cor1

摘要

This paper investigates whether high regional crime levels lead to a compensating wage differential paid by firms in the respective region. Using data from German social-security records, official police statistics and official statistics for 2003–2006, I consider both violent and non-violent crimes and use three-way error-components estimators to control for individual and regional heterogeneity. The findings suggest that wages are practically unrelated to changes in crime rates. This result is robust over a wide range of subgroups. There is, however, some evidence that crime rates influence land prices.