Happiness and Beliefs in Criminal Environments

This paper uses newly available data to describe the distribution of crime victimization and other criminal activities (including drug trafficking and corruption) around the world. The paper then documents a negative (positive) correlation between measures of criminal activity and happiness and measures of positive (negative) emotions. The paper also studies the correlation between ideological beliefs and criminal activity, finding that crime victims are more likely to believe that hard work does not pay and that the government should increase the amount of redistribution to the poor.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors:	Rafael Di Tella
Format:	Working Papers biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:	Citizen Security and Crime Prevention, C83 - Survey Methods • Sampling Methods, I39 - Welfare Well-Being and Poverty: Other, K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law, Y80 - Related Disciplines, WP-662,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010821 https://publications.iadb.org/en/happiness-and-beliefs-criminal-environments
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