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Intergenerational Transmission of Victimization

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  • Bhalotra, Sonia
  • Daysal, Meltem
  • Jensen, Mathias Fjællegaard
  • Jørgensen, Thomas H.
  • Montpetit, Sébastien

Abstract

Using four decades of Danish administrative data, we estimate the intergenerational transmission of violent crime victimization. Sons are twice as likely, and daughters three times as likely, to be victimized if a parent was victimized, with stronger associations if the mother was the victim. Controlling for cohort, municipality, socioeconomic factors, parental cohabitation, and parental offending explains about 60% of this correlation. The link is weaker in higher‑income families; it persists for sons, but is driven to zero for daughters. Further, children of victimized parents experience lower absolute income mobility, comparable to the Black‑White difference for men in the United States.

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  • Bhalotra, Sonia & Daysal, Meltem & Jensen, Mathias Fjællegaard & Jørgensen, Thomas H. & Montpetit, Sébastien, 2026. "Intergenerational Transmission of Victimization," CEPR Discussion Papers 21558, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:21558
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    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion

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