Assaults, murders and walkers : The impact of violent crime on physical activity

Janke, Katharina Marie and Propper, Carol and Shields, Michael (2016) Assaults, murders and walkers : The impact of violent crime on physical activity. Journal of Health Economics, 47. pp. 34-49. ISSN 0167-6296

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Abstract

We investigate an underexplored externality of crime: the impact of violent crime on individuals’ participation in walking. For many adults walking is the only regular physical activity. We use a sample of nearly 1 million people in 323 small areas in England between 2005 and 2011 matched to quarterly crime data at the small area level. Within area variation identifies the causal effect of local violent crime on walking and a difference-in-difference analysis of two high-profile crimes corroborates our results. We find a significant deterrent effect of violent crime on walking that translates into a drop in overall physical activity

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Health Economics
Additional Information:
Open Access funded by Economic and Social Research Council Under a Creative Commons license
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? violent crimewalkingphysical activityexternalitypublic health, environmental and occupational healthhealth policyi12i18r23 ??
ID Code:
77960
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Deposited On:
26 Jan 2016 13:42
Refereed?:
Yes
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Published
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28 Nov 2023 11:22