Neighborhood drug crime and young males' job accessibility

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Ihlanfeldt, Keith R.
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; Florida State University; State University System of Florida; Florida State University
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest.89.1.151
• 发表日期: 2007-02
• 页码: 151-164
• 关键词: spatial mismatch hypothesis; EMPLOYMENT; rates

摘要

There has been renewed interest in the possible use of employment programs for disadvantaged male youth as a policy to reduce drug crime, but little evidence exists on the youth employment/drug crime relationship and theory suggests that these programs may increase rather than decrease the amount of drug crime. In this paper, panel data at the neighborhood level are used to investigate the relationship between drug crime and young males' intraurban job accessibility. Results obtained from models that control for time and fixed effects, as well as other potential sources of bias, suggest that modest improvements in job access can substantially reduce the amount of drug crime within poor inner-city neighborhoods.