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Wealth Inequality Research

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Inequality is often considered an important influence in explaining criminal behaviour and many studies suggests that inequality increases the incentives of (property) crime. More recently it has been argued that wealth inequality causes anxiety, mental illness, lack of trust and dissatisfaction for the unfair distribution of assets (relative deprivation), thus also increasing violent crime. The pre-existing geo-ecological characteristics of colonies determined the economic activities of the colonizers and the use of slave labour. This resulted in differential levels of initial inequality that persisted overtime, and is correlated with current inequality with a positive and significant effect of inequality on both property and violent crimes.

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