Post by Yousef Abdeljawad

🎉 I'm pleased to share that my latest research article, "Long-Term Offending Patterns in Christchurch City Following the 2010–11 Earthquakes: Evidence by Income, Age, and Gender," is now available online in Natural Hazards Research (Q1, SJR 1.1, CiteScore 9.7). Using individual-level administrative data from Statistics New Zealand's Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI), this study examines how the Christchurch earthquakes influenced offending behaviour over the following decade across different income, age, and gender groups. The findings suggest that the effects of natural disasters on offending behaviour are not uniform. While some offence categories declined following the earthquakes, traffic-related offending increased, with important differences observed across demographic groups. The results highlight the importance of considering long-term recovery processes when examining the social and behavioural consequences of major natural disasters. This paper represents the fourth peer-reviewed publication arising from my PhD research at Victoria University of Wellington. As a sole-authored study, it reflects my ability to independently design and conduct research, manage large administrative datasets, apply advanced econometric methods, and communicate findings to both academic and policy audiences. I am grateful to my supervisors Professor Ilan Noy, Dr Yu-Wei Luke Chu, and the anonymous reviewers for their valuable feedback, which helped strengthen the manuscript. 🔗 Article DOI: https://lnkd.in/e3Xp4jui #NaturalHazards #DisasterResearch #Economics #Criminology #PublicPolicy #StatisticsNZ #IDI #Research #VictoriaUniversityOfWellington #Earthquakes #DataScience