This paper reports the results of two randomized field experiments, each offering different
populations of Chicago youth a supported summer job. The program consistently reduces …

Two research traditions have evolved to assess links between recessions and health, with
seemingly divergent findings. Aggregate-level studies generally find that mortality rates …

Several studies have explored the relationship between economy-level crime rates or
individual-level crime and economic growth. However, few studies have examined the …

The study of inequalities undergirds much of criminology. At times, however, we may take
the impact of inequalities for granted and miss opportunities to problematize the strong link …

This study investigates the relationship between social vulnerability, illegal activities, and
location-based business disruptions in Athens, the capital of Greece. The research utilises …

Entrepreneurship will not always productive: Baumol (1990, 1993) distinguishes between
productive, unproductive, and destructive entrepreneurial activities, and in the last two …

Objectives The knowledge of the effects of white-collar crimes is incomplete. In the article,
we operationalize white-collar crimes as bankruptcy frauds. Economic models maintain that …

Objectives Criminologists have long studied the relationship between economic conditions
and crime. Empirical evidence is inconclusive, pointing at different directions. This may …

In this paper, we analyse the socio-economic determinants of environmental crimes such as
those focused on wildfire in Italy using panel data at the regional level. We also investigate …

Purpose Since the literature on the effect of the unemployment rate as reflection of economic
fluctuations on crime shows an empirically ambiguous effect, the purpose of this paper is to …