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Stealing to Survive? Crime and Income Shocks in Nineteenth Century France

Author(s) -

Big Vincent,

Caroli Eve,

Galbiati Roberto

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

the economic journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.683

H-Index - 160

eISSN - 1468-0297

pISSN - 0013-0133

DOI - 10.1111/ecoj.12270

Subject(s) - phylloxera , shock (circulatory) , property crime , violent crime , exploit , economics , demographic economics , criminology , geography , sociology , biology , medicine , botany , rootstock , computer security , computer science

Using local administrative data from 1826 to 1936, we document the evolution of crime rates in nineteenth century France and we estimate the impact of a negative income shock on crime. Our identification strategy exploits the phylloxera crisis. Between 1863 and 1890, phylloxera destroyed about 40% of French vineyards. We use the geographical variation in the timing of this shock to identify its impact on property and violent crime rates, as well as minor offences. Our estimates suggest that the phylloxera crisis caused a substantial increase in property crime rates and a significant decrease in violent crimes.

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