The minimum wage and cross-community crime disparities

IF 6.1 2区经济学

Journal of Population Economics Pub Date : 2024-04-11 DOI:10.1007/s00148-024-01023-w

Li Li, Haoming Liu

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Abstract

This study examines the heterogeneous impacts of minimum wages, which could affect low-income workers’ earnings and employment opportunities, on crime rates across neighboring communities. Using geo-tagged reported crime incident data from 18 major U.S. cities, we find that minimum wage increases reduce violent crime rates notably more in low-income communities than in high-income ones. On average, a one-dollar real minimum wage increase narrows the disparity in quarterly violent crime rates between low- and high-income communities by 12%. The impact varies considerably across different types of cities. The income effect resulting from raising the minimum wage is the main contributing factor.

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最低工资与跨社区犯罪差异

最低工资可能会影响低收入工人的收入和就业机会，本研究探讨了最低工资对邻近社区犯罪率的不同影响。通过使用美国 18 个主要城市的地理标记犯罪事件报告数据，我们发现最低工资的提高对低收入社区暴力犯罪率的降低作用明显大于高收入社区。平均而言，实际最低工资每提高一美元，低收入社区和高收入社区的季度暴力犯罪率差距就会缩小 12%。这种影响在不同类型的城市之间差异很大。提高最低工资所产生的收入效应是主要因素。

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Journal of Population Economics Multiple-

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9.60

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6.60%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Population Economics is an international quarterly that publishes original theoretical and applied research in all areas of population economics. Micro-level topics examine individual, household or family behavior, including household formation, marriage, divorce, fertility choices, education, labor supply, migration, health, risky behavior and aging. Macro-level investigations may address such issues as economic growth with exogenous or endogenous population evolution, population policy, savings and pensions, social security, housing, and health care. The journal also features research into economic approaches to human biology, the relationship between population dynamics and public choice, and the impact of population on the distribution of income and wealth. Lastly, readers will find papers dealing with policy issues and development problems that are relevant to population issues.The journal is published in collaboration with POP at UNU-MERIT, the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE).Officially cited as: J Popul Econ Factor (RePEc): 13.576 (July 2018) Rank 69 of 2102 journals listed in RePEc