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Panic on the streets of London : police, crime and the july 2005 terror attacks
Draca, Mirko (contributor); Machin, Stephen (contributor);  … - 2008
terror attacks that hit central London in July 2005. The attacks resulted in a large redeployment of police officers to … central London boroughs as compared to outer London - in fact, police deployment in central London increased by over 30 … London. Study of the timing of the crime reductions and their magnitude, the types of crime which were more likely to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688774
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The effect of local area crime on mental health
Dustmann, Christian; Fasani, Francesco - 2013
experienced by in the direct aftermath of the London Bombings of Jul 7th, 2005. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204684
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Do economic incentives promote physical activity? : evidence from the London Congestion Charge
Nakamura, Ryota; Albanese, Andrea; Coombes, Emma; … - 2021
This study investigates the impact of economic incentives on travel-related physical activity, leveraging the London … Congestion Charge's disincentivising of sedentary travel modes via increasing the cost of private car use within Central London …. The scheme imposes charges on most types of cars entering, exiting and operating within the Central London area, while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012800657
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The impact of public transportation and commuting on urban labour markets: evidence from the New Survey of London Life and Labour, 1929-32
Seltzer, Andrew; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2021
London. The ability to commute alleviated urban crowding and increased workers’ choice of potential employers. Using GIS …-based data constructed from the New Survey of London Life and Labour, we examine the extent of commuting and estimate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603796
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Partially identified treatment effects under imperfect compliance : the case of domestic violence
Siddique, Zahra - 2009
During the 1980s a set of randomized experiments were carried out to determine the usefulness of a mandatory arrest policy for domestic assault offenders. The first of these was the Minneapolis Domestic Violence experiment (MDVE), which was carried out in 1981. This paper re-examines the data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919375
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The deterrent effects of prison : evidence from a natural experiment
Drago, Francesco (contributor);  … - 2007
In this paper we test for the theory of deterrence. We exploit the natural experiment provided by the Collective Clemency Bill passed by the Italian Parliament in July 2006. As a consequence of the provisions of the bill, expected punishment to former inmates recommitting a crime can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003614632
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Prison conditions and recidivism
Drago, Francesco (contributor);  … - 2008
We use a unique data set on post-release behavior of former Italian inmates to estimate the effect of prison conditions on recidivism. By combining different sources of data we exploit variation in prison conditions measured by: 1) the extent of overcrowding at the prison level, 2) the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003672779
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The incapacitation effect of incarceration : evidence from several Italian collective pardons
Barbarino, Alessandro; Mastrobuoni, Giovanni - 2012
We estimate the "incapacitation effect" on crime using variation in Italian prison population driven by eight collective pardons passed between 1962 and 1995. The prison releases are sudden - within one day -, very large - up to 35 percent of the entire prison population - and happen nationwide....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009531514
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Indirect effects of a policy altering criminal behaviour : evidence from the Italian prison experiment
Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto - 2010
We exploit the Collective Clemency Bill passed by the Italian Parliament in July 2006 to evaluate the indirect effects of a policy that randomly commutes actual sentences to expected sentences for 40 percent of the Italian prison population. We estimate the direct and indirect impact of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009315285
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Childhood homelessness and adult employment : the role of education, incarceration, and welfare receipt
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Zhu, Anna - 2015
This paper analyzes the long-term consequences of children experiencing homelessness. Our primary goal is to assess the importance of the potential pathways linking childhood homelessness to adult employment. We use novel panel data that link survey and administrative data for a sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308437