Crime and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean (2nd part)

Another of the papers presented at the conference was "Workfare and Crime: Evidence for Argentina" by Maria Laura Alzua, CEDLAS-Universidad Nacional de La Plata. This paper investigates the effect of introducing a massive workfare program on property crimes. The paper represents a contribution to the crime literature, since this issue has not been explored. If workfare programs have an effect on crime, then the welfare effect is different from the one often calculated in the literature.