Crime and Economic Incentives.

Machin, Stephen; Meghir, Costas

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Publication Date: 2004-Sep-22

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Crime and Economic Incentives

Machin, Stephen; Meghir, Costas

Journal of Human Resources, v39 n4 p958 Fall 2004

The role that economic incentives play in determining crime rates is explored. A number of experiments were carried out with different wage measures and the result that incentives were the most important factor was reinforced by the strong impact of crime of deterrence measures and of a measure of the returns to crime.

Descriptors: Incentives, Crime, Wages, Economic Factors, Economics

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