Understanding Victimization: The Case of Mozambique
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Understanding Victimization : The Case of Mozambique. / Barslund, Mikkel; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; Chiconela, Jacinto.
In: World Development, Vol. 35, No. 7, 2007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Understanding Victimization
T2 - The Case of Mozambique
AU - Barslund, Mikkel
AU - Rand, John
AU - Tarp, Finn
AU - Chiconela, Jacinto
N1 - Final Manuscript for World Development
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This paper analyzes how economic and non-economic characteristics at the individual, household, and community level affect the risk of victimization in Mozambique. We use a countrywide representative household survey from Mozambique with unique individual level information and show that the probability of being victimized is increasing in income, but at a diminishing rate. The effect of income is dependent on the type of crime, and poorer households are vulnerable. While less at risk of victimization, they suffer relatively greater losses when such shocks occur. Lower inequality and increased community level employment emerge as effective avenues to less crime.
AB - This paper analyzes how economic and non-economic characteristics at the individual, household, and community level affect the risk of victimization in Mozambique. We use a countrywide representative household survey from Mozambique with unique individual level information and show that the probability of being victimized is increasing in income, but at a diminishing rate. The effect of income is dependent on the type of crime, and poorer households are vulnerable. While less at risk of victimization, they suffer relatively greater losses when such shocks occur. Lower inequality and increased community level employment emerge as effective avenues to less crime.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 35
JO - World Development
JF - World Development
SN - 1873-5991
IS - 7
ER -
ID: 164539277