Does the Magnitude of the Link between Unemployment and Crime Depend on the Crime Level? A Quantile Regression Approach
Two alternative hypotheses – referred to as opportunity- and stigma-based behavior – suggest that the magnitude of the link between unemployment and crime also depends on preexisting local crime levels. In order to analyze conjectured nonlinearities between both variables, we use quantile regression...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Bielefeld
2015-07-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Conflict and Violence |
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| Online Access: | http://ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/437/pdf_117 |