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The Incapacitation Effect of Incarceration: Evidence from Several Italian Collective Pardons
Barbarino, Alessandro; Mastrobuoni, Giovanni - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We estimate the "incapacitation effect" on crime using variation in Italian prison population driven by eight … simultaneity of crime and prisoners as in Levitt (1996) and, in addition, use the national character of the pardons to separately … identify incapacitation from changes in deterrence. The elasticity of total crime with respect to incapacitation is between -20 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649824
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Incarceration and Crime: Evidence from California's Public Safety Realignment Reform
Lofstrom, Magnus; Raphael, Steven - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
local crime rates. We assess the effects of a recent reform in California that caused a sharp and permanent reduction in the … violent crime and evidence of modest effects on property crime, auto theft in particular. These effects are considerably … considerably lower. We corroborate theses cross-county results with a synthetic-cohort analysis of state crime rates in California …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010726721
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Organization and Information in the Fight against Crime: An Evaluation of the Integration of Police Forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Soares, Rodrigo R.; Viveiros, Igor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
presented points to a causal effect of the IGESP on crime. The most conservative estimates indicate a reduction of 24% in … represented by the program may constitute a first-order factor in a successful policy for fighting crime. …
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Turning 18: What a Difference Application of Adult Criminal Law Makes
Entorf, Horst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper contributes to the literature on specific deterrence by addressing the issue of selecting adolescents into adult and juvenile law systems. In Germany, different from the U.S. and most other countries, turning a critical cutoff age does not cause a sharp discontinuity from juvenile to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804894
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The Shadow Economy and Shadow Labor Force: A Survey of Recent Developments
Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This survey presents the various methods to estimate the size of the shadow economy, their strengths and weaknesses and the estimation results. The purpose of the survey is threefold. Firstly, it demonstrates that no ideal method to estimate the size and development of the shadow economy exists....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884126
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Bureaucratic Rents and Life Satisfaction
Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The monopoly position of the public bureaucracy in providing public services allows government employees to acquire rents. Those rents can involve higher wages, monetary and non-monetary fringe benefits (e.g. pensions and staffing), and/or bribes. We propose a direct measure to capture the total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700927
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The Individual and Joint Performance of Economic Preferences, Personality, and Self-Control in Predicting Criminal Behavior
Friehe, Tim; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We explore the individual and joint explanatory power of concepts from economics, psychology, and criminology for criminal behavior. More precisely, we consider risk and time preferences, personality traits from psychology (Big Five and locus of control), and a self-control scale from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884182
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Crime Scars: Recessions and the Making of Career Criminals
Bell, Brian; Bindler, Anna; Machin, Stephen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
to lead a life of crime than those graduating into a buoyant labour market. These effects are long lasting and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884254
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Stealing to Survive? Crime and Income Shocks in 19th Century France
Bignon, Vincent; Caroli, Eve; Galbiati, Roberto - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using local administrative data from 1826 to 1936, we document the evolution of crime rates in 19th century France and … we estimate the impact of a negative income shock on crime. Our identification strategy exploits the phylloxera crisis … this shock to identify its impact on property and violent crime rates, as well as minor offences. Our estimates suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959540
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Economic Uncertainty, Parental Selection, and the Criminal Activity of the 'Children of the Wall'
Chevalier, Arnaud; Marie, Olivier - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
play important roles in the parental selection-crime of children relationship. Finally, results for siblings support a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959787