Socio-Economic Determinants of Crime: An Empirical Study of Pakistan

Volume: 7 Number: 1 March 1, 2017
  • Awais Anwar
  • Noman Arshed
  • Sofia Anwar
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Socio-Economic Determinants of Crime: An Empirical Study of Pakistan

Abstract

The objective of present study is to empirically examine the socio-economic determinants of crime in Pakistan. The analysis is carried out by using the annual time series data for the period 1973-2014. The dependent variable is total crime rate (per one million population), While the explanatory variables are unemployment, education, income inequality, per capita income, and deterrence variable. The study estimates, the long-run and short-run elasticities of supply of offense function by using ARDL (Autoregressive Distributed Lag model) approach.

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Awais Anwar This is me

Noman Arshed This is me

Sofia Anwar This is me

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March 1, 2017

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March 1, 2017

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Year 2017 Volume: 7 Number: 1

APA
Anwar, A., Arshed, N., & Anwar, S. (2017). Socio-Economic Determinants of Crime: An Empirical Study of Pakistan. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 7(1), 312-322. https://izlik.org/JA96HZ55PK
AMA
1.Anwar A, Arshed N, Anwar S. Socio-Economic Determinants of Crime: An Empirical Study of Pakistan. IJEFI. 2017;7(1):312-322. https://izlik.org/JA96HZ55PK
Chicago
Anwar, Awais, Noman Arshed, and Sofia Anwar. 2017. “Socio-Economic Determinants of Crime: An Empirical Study of Pakistan”. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 7 (1): 312-22. https://izlik.org/JA96HZ55PK.
EndNote
Anwar A, Arshed N, Anwar S (March 1, 2017) Socio-Economic Determinants of Crime: An Empirical Study of Pakistan. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 7 1 312–322.
IEEE
[1]A. Anwar, N. Arshed, and S. Anwar, “Socio-Economic Determinants of Crime: An Empirical Study of Pakistan”, IJEFI, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 312–322, Mar. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA96HZ55PK
ISNAD
Anwar, Awais - Arshed, Noman - Anwar, Sofia. “Socio-Economic Determinants of Crime: An Empirical Study of Pakistan”. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 7/1 (March 1, 2017): 312-322. https://izlik.org/JA96HZ55PK.
JAMA
1.Anwar A, Arshed N, Anwar S. Socio-Economic Determinants of Crime: An Empirical Study of Pakistan. IJEFI. 2017;7:312–322.
MLA
Anwar, Awais, et al. “Socio-Economic Determinants of Crime: An Empirical Study of Pakistan”. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, vol. 7, no. 1, Mar. 2017, pp. 312-2, https://izlik.org/JA96HZ55PK.
Vancouver
1.Awais Anwar, Noman Arshed, Sofia Anwar. Socio-Economic Determinants of Crime: An Empirical Study of Pakistan. IJEFI [Internet]. 2017 Mar. 1;7(1):312-2. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA96HZ55PK