Does Physical Housing Decay in Urban Areas Promote Crime?

• 발행기관: 한국재정학회(구 한국재정·공공경제학회)
• 저자명: Jaewook Byeon Iljoong Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『한국재정학회 학술대회 논문집』2019년도 추계학술대회 논문집, 1~35쪽, 전체 35쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 경제학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.10.25

영문 초록

This paper investigates the nexus between physically decayed urban areas and crimes. We incorporate the existing arguments concerning the nexus in a model to offer systematic economic accounts of the direct effect of physical decay on crimes. We also explain the aggravating effect of physical decay interacting with other critical human or environmental factors known to increase crimes such as lowered self-control and increased exposure. We introduce two proxies for urban physical housing decay. Using a panel of 52 South Korean cities for 11 years from 2005, we find that not only is the direct effect of physical housing decay significant but its aggravating effect is also fairly persistent.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Motivations: Physical Housing Decay and Crimes

3. Nexus between Physical Decay and Crimes

4. Data and Empirical Design

5. Empirical Results

6. Conclusion

키워드

Physical decay Housing age Aggravating effect Social disorganization theory Broken windows theory Routine activity theory