Dynamics of crime and inequality

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dc.contributor.advisorJaniak, Alexandre
dc.contributor.advisorAguirre Rigo-Righi
dc.contributor.authorAylwin Trischler, Alberto José
dc.contributor.otherPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-16T14:45:54Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.date.updated2023-08-11T23:04:53Z
dc.descriptionTesis (Magíster en Enconomía)--Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2023
dc.description.abstractIn this work, we examine the causal relationship between crime and inequality and explore potential policy options to reduce inequality and crime. To achieve this, we propose a general equilibrium heterogeneous agent model for crime, with incomplete markets, as well as search and matching frictions to characterize the crime dynamics. In it, agents choose to behave as model citizens or engage in opportunistic crime. The model provides an endogenous wealth distribution that turns out to be crucial in all of the agents decisions. Crime can be seen as an outside option for agents in the face of poor lawful economic choices. As a result, increasing security increases income and wealth inequality. Rising income inequality generates an increase in the level of crime, up to the point that inequality is so high that a share of prospective criminals prefer a lower income in exchange of less risk. These findings put inequality as one of the main determinants of crime in a society. Additionally, we assess the impacts of four policy measures on crime and inequality: labor taxation, direct transfers, imprisonment sentence length, and imprisonment consumption level. We compute optimal policy schemes under different assumptions.
dc.description.version2023-08-13
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2023-08-11
dc.format.extent72 páginas
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dc.identifier.doi10.7764/tesisUC/ECO/74399
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.7764/tesisUC/ECO/74399
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/74399
dc.information.autorucInstituto de economía ; Janiak, Alexandre ; 0000-0001-6216-4324 ; 1032051
dc.information.autorucInstituto de economía ; Aguirre Rigo-Righi, Álvaro ; S/I ; 12608
dc.information.autorucInstituto de economía ; Aylwin Trischler, Alberto José ; S/I ; 170186
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido completo
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.subject.ddc300
dc.subject.deweyCiencias socialeses_ES
dc.subject.ods01 No poverty
dc.subject.ods10 Reduced Inequality
dc.subject.odspa01 Fin de la pobreza
dc.subject.odspa10 Reducción de las desigualdades
dc.titleDynamics of crime and inequalityes_ES
dc.typetesis de maestría
sipa.codpersvinculados1032051
sipa.codpersvinculados12608
sipa.codpersvinculados170186
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