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Does unemployment increase crime? Evidence from Italian provinces

Nino SpezialeDepartment of Economics and Statistics, University of Salerno, 132-84084Fisciano, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1083-1089 | Published online: 24 Apr 2014

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