Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2013
Capstone Advisor
Professor Perry Singleton
Honors Reader
Professor Piyusha Mutreja
Capstone Major
Economics
Audio/Visual Component
no
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Social Sciences
Subject Categories
Econometrics | Economics
Abstract
I measure the impact of sex offenders on housing sales prices by combining data from the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry with data on housing sales from December 2004 through December 2008 in Mecklenburg County, NC. Using time-series and cross-sectional analysis, I estimate that the arrival of a sex offender into a neighborhood decreases housing sales prices within 0.1 of the miles of a sex offender by approximately 6%, while all other nearby housing sales prices are unaffected. I then apply this finding to examine sex offender residency restrictions passed in North Carolina in 2006. I find that houses located within neighborhoods where a sex offender can no longer reside experience an increase in sales prices of roughly 2% as a result of this law. This is consistent with related research and theoretical models of housing prices.
Recommended Citation
Hatch, Benjamin Walter, "The Effects of Sex Offenders on Housing Sales Prices" (2013). Honors Capstone Projects - All. 29.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/29
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