associated with murder, assault, and motor vehicle theft. We also examine the effect of drop out on self-reported crime in the … differences in the probability of arrest or incarceration conditional on crime. We estimate that the externality of education is … in the form of externalities from crime reduction …

Canonical models of crime emphasize economic incentives. Yet, causal evidence of sorting into criminal occupations in … formal-sector employment induces crime. Regression discontinuity estimates show this policy generated reductions in formal …-sector employment and a corresponding spike in organized crime, but no effects on crimes of impulse or opportunity …

We study the spillover effects of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) on crime, and in the process inform how … of controlled substances. Using information on offenses known to law enforcement and arrests from the Uniform Crime … Reports (UCR), combined with a difference-in-differences empirical strategy, we find that PDMPs reduced overall crime by 5 …

We build and estimate a dynamic model of teenagers' choices of schooling and crime, incorporating four factors that may …

leads to significant increases in teen crime and pregnancy and a significant decrease in early-life employment. The effects … are concentrated among children from the most disadvantaged families, where teen crime increases by 18 percentage points …

This paper estimates the effects of educational attainment and school quality on crime among American women. Using … probability of incarceration using Census data from 1960-1980. Using data from the 1960-90 Uniform Crime Reports, we also estimate … that increases in average schooling levels reduce arrest rates for violent and property crime but not white collar crime …

The association between legalized abortion and crime remains a contentious finding with major implications for social … convincing test of abortion and crime should be based on an exogenous change in abortion that had a demonstrable effect on … the effects of abortion on crime over 15 to 20 years of the life of a cohort to lessen the impact of the crack epidemic. I …