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Unhappiness and crime : evidence from South Africa
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Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2005) Unhappiness and crime : evidence from South Africa. Economica, 72 (287). pp. 531-547. doi:10.1111/j.0013-0427.2005.00429.x ISSN 0013-0427.
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Abstract
This paper is the first of its kind to study quality of life responses of crime victims. Using cross-sectional data from the OHS97 survey of South Africa, it is shown that victims report significantly lower well-being than the non-victims, ceteris paribus. Happiness is lower for non-victimized respondents currently living in higher crime areas. However, some evidence is found that criminal victimization hurts, but hurts less if regional crime rate on our reference group is high.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Economica | ||||
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing | ||||
ISSN: | 0013-0427 | ||||
Official Date: | August 2005 | ||||
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Volume: | 72 | ||||
Number: | 287 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 17 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 531-547 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.0013-0427.2005.00429.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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