Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51503 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 662
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department, Washington, DC
Abstract: 
This paper uses newly available data to describe the distribution of crime victimization and other criminal activities (including drug trafficking and corruption) around the world. The paper then documents a negative (positive) correlation between measures of criminal activity and happiness and measures of positive (negative) emotions. The paper also studies the correlation between ideological beliefs and criminal activity, finding that crime victims are more likely to believe that hard work does not pay and that the government should increase the amount of redistribution to the poor.
Subjects: 
Happiness
crime
beliefs
income distribution
JEL: 
C83
I39
K42
Y80
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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