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The determinants of employee crime in the UK

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Neil Rickman (University of Surrey and CEPR)
Robert Witt (University of Surrey)

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For the first time, we present evidence on employee theft in the UK using data on actual recorded crime. We present a model where employees are rational cheaters with consciences to produce hypotheses about the role of labour market (wages, unemployment) and social (age, education) influences on employee theft. We then examine the role of these influences using regional crime data supplemented by data from the LFS. Our results provide information on two competing views of motivations for crime and on policy to combat employee crime.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Surrey in its series Department of Economics Discussion Papers with number 0703.

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Keywords: Employee crime; Labour markets;

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J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
K14 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Criminal Law
K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
M5 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting - - Personnel Economics

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