Understanding Victimization: The Case of Mozambique

TY - JOUR

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

SN - 0305-750X

VL - 35

JO - World Development

JF - World Development

IS - 7

ER -