Inequality and Violent Crime*

By Pablo Fajnzylber, D. Lederman, Norman V. Loayza. Journal law and economy, 2002

1,133 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Sociology and Political Science, Soil Science

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In Sociology and Political Science

1. A. Alesina
2. Songman Kang
3. Edward L. Glaeser
4. David Rueda
5. Kristina Tobio
6. Matthew G. Resseger
7. Paola Giuliano
8. Norman V. Loayza

In Soil Science

1. Songman Kang
2. W. Pridemore
3. Pedro L. Dalbo
4. E. DalBo
5. Gabriel Demombynes
6. Berk Özler
7. Edward L. Glaeser
8. Matthew G. Resseger

Citations in the corpus

• Does Social Capital Reduce Crime? (2009, background): “Fajnzylber et al. (2002) suggest that education, which has a civic component, may alter an individual’s moral stance, and thus affect individual perception of crime.”
• Spillovers from Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Bolsa Família and Crime in Urban Brazil (2016, background): “Various authors have documented a robust correlation between inequality and crime (see, for example, Fajnzylber et al, 2002, Bourguignon et al, 2003, Soares, 2004, or the discussion in Soares and Naritomi, 2010).”
• INEQUALITY IN CITIES (2009, positive): “A second adverse consequence of inequality at the country level is the connection between inequality and crime (Fajnzylber et al., 2002).”
• Preferences for Redistribution (2009, background): “Fajnzylber et al. (2002) review the literature and argue that indeed inequality is positively associated with crime.”
• Income inequality and health: a causal review. (2015, background): “…be positively correlated with income inequality in less developed nations (Babones, 2008; Flegg, 1982; Hales et al., 1999), although there are also associations with lower life expectancy, higher HIV prevalence and higher homicide rates (Babones, 2008; Drain et al., 2004; Fajnzylber et al., 2002).”
• The Externalities of Inequality: Fear of Crime and Preferences for Redistribution in Western Europe (2016, background): “…time, see, for example, Fajnzylber et al. (2002a), which shows that income inequality leads to both higher robbery and higher homicide rates, and Fajnzylber et al. (2002b), showing the Gini index to be an important factor driving violent crime rates across countries and over time. ability of…”
• Poverty Matters: A Reassessment of the Inequality–Homicide Relationship in Cross-National Studies (2011, background): “Nevertheless, these new findings do not invalidate the Savolainen (2000) and Fajnzylber et al. (2002) studies employed as exam-”
• Researching the Urban Dilemma: Urbanization, Poverty and Violence (2012, background): “Per capita income, by contrast, does not appear to have a clear effect on rates of violence (Fajnzylber et al. 2002; Graham & Chaparro 2011).”