The Economic Burden of Crime
利用墨西哥全国代表性纵向数据，研究发现近期毒品相关暴力激增对劳动力市场产生负面影响，自雇者最敏感，男性收入与生产率下降，女性减少工时或退出劳动力市场，恐惧受害可能是重要机制。
I estimate the impact of the recent and unprecedented surge in drug-related violence in Mexico on the labor market outcomes of Mexican workers. Using a nationally representative longitudinal data set that allows me to account for unobserved time-invariant heterogeneity, I find that there is a negative relationship between local violence and labor market outcomes. Self-employed individuals are the most sensitive to a violent environment, with men experiencing significantly reduced earnings and productivity, while women decrease their hours of work or exit the labor force entirely. I also find suggestive evidence that fear of victimization plays an important role explaining these changes.