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Inequality and Crime in China

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  • Jiangli Zhu

    (School of Journalism & Communication, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210032, China)

  • Zilian Li

    (School of Business, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China)

Abstract

This paper attempts to investigate comprehensively, a ¡°U¡±-shaped relationship between income inequality and crime rates in China after building a cost-benefit analysis model, by using time series data from 1981¨C2012 and panel data from 1999¨C2012. The empirical results show that: firstly, in the time series model, the U-shaped relationships between inequality and the total crime rate and rates of various crimes except from smuggling, are very significant in the period of 1981¨C2012, secondly, the panel threshold models show that inequality and crime tend to be correlated positively with each other during 1999¨C2012, because the inequality level during this period is much higher than the turning points of inequality estimated in the time series models, although three regions with different development levels are located in different parts of a U-shaped curve between inequality and crime.

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  • Jiangli Zhu & Zilian Li, 2017. "Inequality and Crime in China," Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, Higher Education Press, vol. 12(2), pages 309-339, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:fec:journl:v:12:y:2017:i:2:p:309-339
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    1. Mahmoud MOURAD, 2022. "Impact of Welfare and Unemployment on the Crimes in the United States: Co-integration Analysis," Journal of Public Administration and Governance, Macrothink Institute, vol. 12(2), pages 120-120, December.

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    Keywords

    inequality; crime; categories of crime;
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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