Distribution Dynamics of Property Crime Rates in the United States

No 2016:13, Working Papers from Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari"

Abstract: Using crime data for the 48 continental and conterminous US states and the distribution dynamics approach, this paper detects two distinct phases in the evolution of the property crime distribution: a period of strong convergence (1971-1980) is followed by a tendency towards divergence and bimodality (1981-2010). Moreover, the analysis reveals that differences in income per capita and police can explain the emergence of a bimodal shape in the distribution of property crime: in fact, after conditioning on these variables, the bimodality completely disappears. This empirical evidence is consistent with the predictions of a two-region model, that stresses the importance of income inequality in determining the dynamics of the property crime distribution.

Keywords: Crime Distribution; Property Crime; Convergence Analysis; Distribution Dynamics; Non-Parametric Statistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 C63 C72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2016
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