. We then show that the benefits extended to the next generation with large reductions in the crime rates of the children …

. We then show that the benefits extended to the next generation with large reductions in the crime rates of the children …

as labor earnings of the children who went through the post reform school system, in particular for individuals … the generation directly affected by the reform as well as their children. We use census data on all born in Sweden between … 1945 and 1955 and all their children merged with individual register data on all convictions between 1981 and 2008. We find …

reduced crime rates of the targeted generation and their children by comparable amounts. We attribute these outcomes to …

. We then show that the benefits extended to the next generation with large reductions in the crime rates of the children …

reduced crime rates of the targeted generation and their children by comparable amounts. We attribute these outcomes to …