Welfare Payments and Crime
分析美国12个城市的每日重大犯罪报告，发现每月福利支付周期内犯罪增加，尤其是直接经济动机的犯罪，表明福利受益人快速消费福利收入后试图通过犯罪补充收入。
Abstract Analysis of daily reported incidents of major crimes in twelve U.S. cities reveals an increase in crime over the course of monthly welfare payment cycles. This increase reflects an increase in crimes that are likely to have a direct financial motivation as opposed to other kinds of crime. Temporal patterns in crime are observed in jurisdictions in which disbursements are focused at the beginning of monthly welfare payment cycles and not in jurisdictions in which disbursements are relatively more staggered. These findings indicate that welfare beneficiaries consume welfare-related income quickly and then attempt to supplement it with criminal income.