期刊名称：International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET)
印刷版ISSN：2197-8646
出版年度：2019
卷号：11
期号：2
页码：293-323
出版社：European Research Network in Vocational Education and Training (VETNET), European Educational Research Association
摘要：Fear of crime, on top of crime victimization itself, is an important social concern because the literature suggests that it can affect behavior and decision-making. Some studies argue that negative emotions can induce present consumption; thus one behavior that crime can potentially influence is saving. Applying Logit model and the Heckman Probit model to a household survey dataset of 1,200 respondents, this paper tested for the relationship of fear of crime and saving behavior. We found evidence that affective, or emotional, fear of crime has a negative relationship with the likelihood of saving but has a positive relationship with the likelihood of saving through formal channels. In contrast, cognitive fear, or the rational risk perception, of crime has an insignificant relationship with saving.
