time series proxy problem is severe; previous panel data studies have used proxies that are essentially uncorrelated in … time series with direct measures of gun relevance. We adopt instead a cross-section approach: we use U.S. county-level data …

factor to youth crime and violence. Young people who perceive a high probability of early death, it is argued, may have …, these young people tend to pursue high-risk behaviors associated with immediate rewards, including crime and violence … early death and youth crime, this support remains tentative. Moreover, a number of questions remain regarding the …

assess to what extent lagged teen birth rates can explain why the United States had the highest developed country crime rates … in the 1980s, and why US rates subsequently fell so much. For this purpose, I use internationally comparable crime rates … measured from the 1989-2000 International Crime Victims Surveys. I find that an increase in the share of young people born to a …

This paper tests whether being convicted of a crime affects marriage market outcomes. While it is relatively well … documented that crime hurts in terms of reduced future income, there has been little systematic analysis on the association … between crime and marriage market outcomes. This paper exploits a detailed Danish register-based data set to fill this gap in …

the prevalence of bribery is lower under these circumstances, using the International Crime Victim Surveys. I also find … that older people, who have had time to develop a network, bribe less. These results highlight the uphill nature of the …

known about the effects of private police on crime. The current study examines the relationship between a privately …-funded university police force and crime in a large U.S. city. Following an expansion of the jurisdictional boundary of the private … police force, we see no short-term change in crime. However, using a geographic regression discontinuity approach, we find …

More policing reduces crime but little is known about the mechanism. Does policing deter crime by reducing its …

potential to disrupt student learning in numerous ways. For example, these events can reduce instructional time by causing …

authorities across regions upon arrival, we find that immigration significantly increases crime. The crime impact of immigration … substantially stronger effects in regions with high preexisting crime levels or large shares of foreigners. …