| Title: |
Longitudinal Evidence on the Impact of Victimisation on Labour Market Outcomes and General Well-Being * |
| Authors: |
Malathi Velamuri; Steven Stillman; Jel-code J; N I. Introduction |
| Contributors: |
The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: |
http://client.norc.org/jole/SOLEweb/8182.pdf. |
| Publication Year: |
2007 |
| Collection: |
CiteSeerX |
| Subject Terms: |
crime; victimisation; labour market outcomes; well-being; Australia |
| Description: |
The authors thanks the New Zealand Ministry of Justice for providing funding for this project. Any views expressed are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not purport to represent those of the Ministry of Justice 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, propensity score matching models that examine outcomes for individuals who were crime victims compared to outcomes for non-victims with similar observable characteristics over the same time period. Additionally, we estimate 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 second and third types of models allow 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. |
| Document Type: |
text |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.187.397; http://client.norc.org/jole/SOLEweb/8182.pdf |
| Availability: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.187.397; http://client.norc.org/jole/SOLEweb/8182.pdf |
| Rights: |
Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.F47D1FC5 |
| Database: |
BASE |