Unhappiness and Crime: Evidence from South Africa
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- Nattavudh Powdthavee, 2005. "Unhappiness and Crime: Evidence from South Africa," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 72(287), pages 531-547, August.
- Powdthavee, Nattavudh, 2003. "Unhappiness and Crime: Evidence from South Africa," Economic Research Papers 269569, University of Warwick - Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Happiness; Quality of Life; Crime; Stigma; South Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
- O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
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