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Fair Trade Agreements
Passarelli, Francesco; Staiger, Robert W. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
fairness and social justice are increasingly voiced by citizens and their governments around the world. Taking a novel "bottom …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015056179
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Economic Conditions, Deterrence and Juvenile Crime : Evidence from Micro Data
Mocan, H. Naci - 1999
This is the first paper to test the economic model of crime for juveniles using micro data. It uses a nationally representative sample of 16,478 high school children surveyed in 1995. The sample includes not only detailed information on offenses, but also data on personal, family and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471380
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Testing for Structural Breaks in the Evaluation of Programs
Piehl, Anne Morrison - 1999
A standard methodology in program evaluation is to use time series variation to compare pre- and post-program outcomes. However, when the timing of a break in a statistical relationship can be determined only by looking at the data, then the usual distribution of the test statistic which assumes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471563
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Does Welfare Prevent Crime? The Criminal Justice Outcomes of Youth Removed From SSI
Deshpande, Manasi; Mueller-Smith, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We estimate the effect of losing Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits at age 18 on criminal justice and … experiment with Social Security Administration data linked to records from the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System. We …), especially theft, burglary, fraud/forgery, and prostitution. The effect of SSI removal on criminal justice involvement persists …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938769
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Can Restorative Justice Conferencing Reduce Recidivism? Evidence From the Make-it-Right Program
Shem-Ṭov, Yotam; Raphael, Steven; Skog, Alissa - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This paper studies the effect of a restorative justice intervention targeted at youth ages 13 to 17 facing felony …-it-Right (MIR) restorative justice program or to a control group in which they faced criminal prosecution. We estimate the effects … juvenile restorative justice conferencing can reduce recidivism among youth charged with relatively serious offenses and can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616598
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The Demand For Protection and the Persistently High Rates of Gun Violence Among Young Black Males
Evans, William N.; Kotowski, Maciej H. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We develop a theoretical model to explain both the high level and persistence in gun violence for black males ages 15-24 consistent with the empirical literature. A person may carry a gun for instrumental (i.e., criminal) reasons or for its perceived protective benefit. Discerning underlying...
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Pretrial Juvenile Detention
Baron, E. Jason; Jacob, Brian Aaron; Ryan, Joseph P. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
juvenile and adult criminal justice records. Using a combination of exact matching and inverse probability weighting, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172160
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Office-Based Mental Healthcare and Juvenile Arrests
Deza, Monica; Thanh Lu; Maclean, Johanna Catherine - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We estimate the effect of local access to office-based mental healthcare on juvenile arrest outcomes. We leverage variation in the number of mental healthcare offices within a county over the period 1999 to 2016 in a two-way fixed-effects model. Office-based treatment is the most common modality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012696374
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School Nutrition and Student Discipline : Effects of Schoolwide Free Meals
Gordon, Nora E. - 2018
Under the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), schools serving sufficiently high-poverty populations may enroll their entire student bodies in free lunch and breakfast programs, extending free meals to some students who would not qualify individually and potentially decreasing the stigma...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480639
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Child Access Prevention Laws and Juvenile Firearm-Related Homicides
Anderson, D. Mark - 2018
Debate over safe-storage gun regulations has captured public attention in the aftermath of several high-profile shootings committed by minors. Whether these laws actually decrease youth gun violence, however, is an unanswered question. Using data from the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480861