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dc.titleCrime Time: How Ambient Light Affects Crime
dc.contributor.authorDomínguez, Patricio
dc.contributor.authorAsahi, Kenzo
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageChile
dc.date.available2019-05-20T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2019-05-20T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the effect of ambient light on crime, taking advantage of the daylight saving time (DST) policy, which imposes exogenous variations in daylight exposure at specific hours of the day. The paper uses a rich administrative database managed by Chile’s national police, a centralized agency that collects detailed information regarding each crime incident. A 20% decrease (increase) in crimes is found when the DST transition increases (decreases) the amount of sunlight by one hour during the 7-9 p.m. period. Importantly, no significant response is detected induced by DST associated with a plausible demand-side response such as the population’s commuting time pattern, and no substantial short-term displacement is found. Most of the changes in property crime due to the DST policy are driven by robbery in residential areas.
dc.format.extent73
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001701
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Crime_Time_How_Ambient_Light_Affects_Crime_en_en.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectCrime and Violence
dc.subjectCitizen Security and Crime Prevention
dc.subjectCrime and Violence Prevention
dc.subject.jelcodeR41 - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion • Travel Time • Safety and Accidents • Transportation Noise
dc.subject.jelcodeK42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
dc.subject.jelcodeD01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
dc.subject.keywordsEconomics of crime; Daylight Saving Time; Rational choice
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-00991
idb.operationRG-E1504
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