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Mehregan N, Garshasbi Fakhr S. Income Inequality and Crime in Iran. QJER 2012; 11 (4) :109-125
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Income Inequality and Crime in Iran
Nader Mehregan * 1, Saied Garshasbi Fakhr2
1- Associate Professor of Economics Buali Sina University
2- M. A. in Economics, Boroujerdi University
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This paper, using an economic analysis of crime, focuses on the relationship between crime and income inequality in Iran. The results indicate that there is a significant relationship between crime and income inequality in Iran. This means that by increasing income inequality in Iran the robbery as a crime will increase as well. In addition the findings reveal that there is a direct relationship between robbery and the proportion of people in urban areas, divorce and unemployment rate, but there is a negative relationship for households’ monthly income in Iran.
Keywords: Income distribution, Unemployment, Crime, Robbery, Divorce
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Received: 2010/02/22 | Accepted: 2011/05/15 | Published: 2011/12/28
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