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dc.titleHappiness, Ideology and Crime in Argentine Cities
dc.contributor.authorDi Tella, Rafael
dc.contributor.authorSchargrodsky, Ernesto
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.date.available2011-02-07T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2009-11-17T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses self-reported data on victimization, subjective well being and ideology for a panel of individuals living in six Argentine cities. While no relationship is found between happiness and victimization experiences, a correlation is documented, however, between victimization experience and changes in ideological positions. Specifically, individuals who are the victims of crime are subsequently more likely than non-victims to state that inequality is high in Argentina and that the appropriate measure to reduce crime is to become less punitive (demanding lower penalties for the same crime).
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010922
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Happiness-Ideology-and-Crime-in-Argentine-Cities.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectSocial Development
dc.subject.jelcodeI31 - General Welfare, Well-Being
dc.subject.jelcodeK42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
dc.subject.jelcodeR29 - Household Analysis: Other
dc.subject.keywordsIDB-WP-112
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-N3338
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