Impatience and crime. Evidence from the NLSY97

IF 2.5 2区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Economic Psychology Pub Date : 2024-02-21 DOI:10.1016/j.joep.2024.102711

Stefania Basiglio , Alessandra Foresta , Gilberto Turati

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Abstract

We empirically test the relationship between crime and impatience at the individual level, exploiting data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97). Besides providing information on violent, property, and drug crimes, NLSY97 allows us to observe different behaviors, sharing impatience as a common latent factor. We use factor analysis to extract this common factor as a measure of impatience. Estimates from a Logit model suggest a positive association between impatience and crime. This relationship differs across violent, property, and drug crimes, but we do not find significant heterogeneities when comparing individuals according to gender, parental education, and ethnic groups. The main result is robust to different factor analysis specifications and controls for risk preferences. Our findings support policies aimed at influencing individual time preferences as an indirect way to combat crime.

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不耐烦与犯罪。来自 NLSY97 的证据

我们利用 1997 年全国青年纵向调查（NLSY97）的数据，从个人层面对犯罪与不耐烦之间的关系进行了实证检验。除了提供暴力犯罪、财产犯罪和毒品犯罪的信息外，NLSY97 还允许我们观察不同的行为，并将不耐烦作为一个共同的潜在因子。我们利用因子分析提取出这一共同因子作为不耐烦的测量指标。Logit 模型的估计结果表明，不耐烦与犯罪之间存在正相关。这种关系在暴力犯罪、财产犯罪和毒品犯罪中有所不同，但在比较性别、父母教育程度和种族群体时，我们没有发现明显的异质性。主要结果对不同的因素分析规范和风险偏好控制是稳健的。我们的研究结果支持旨在影响个人时间偏好的政策，将其作为打击犯罪的一种间接方式。

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Journal of Economic Psychology Multiple-

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5.20

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31.40%

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审稿时长

63 days

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