This paper examines the impact of being a victim of violent or property
crime on labour market outcomes and general well-being using
longitudinal data from the nationally representative Household Income
and Labour Dynamics of Australia survey. We estimate OLS regressions on
the entire population and fixed effects regression models that examine
changes in outcomes for individuals before/after victimisation relative
to changes in outcomes over time for non-victims. The fixed-effects
model allows us to control for characteristics that may simultaneously
cause certain individuals to be victims of crime and put them at higher
risk of poor outcomes. Our results indicate that there is no causal
impact of victimisation on employment or income. In contrast, there is
strong evidence of a negative impact of victimisation on well-being
measures, and these are especially strong for violent victimisation.
However, these effects appear to be short-lived.
Presented by:
Steve Stillman (MOTU Economic and Public Policy Research ñ New Zealand)
Date & time:
October 27, 2008 4:00 pm - October 27, 2008 12:00 am
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