Type | Journal Article - Economica |
Title | Unhappiness and crime: Evidence from South Africa |
Author(s) | |
Volume | 72 |
Issue | 287 |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2005 |
Page numbers | 531-547 |
URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0013-0427.2005.00429.x |
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. |
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