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Do reductions in arrests increase crime? We study line-of-duty deaths of police officers, events that likely impact police behavior through increased fear but are unlikely to directly impact civilian behavior. Officer deaths cause significant short-term reductions in all arrest types, with the...
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early marijuana use (at age 14 or younger) and young people's educational outcomes. We find evidence that early marijuana … in families with a history of welfare receipt. The relationships between marijuana use and both high school completion … and achieving a university entrance score appear to stem from selectivity into the use of marijuana. In contrast, early …
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This paper investigates how legal cannabis access affects student performance. Identification comes from an exceptional policy introduced in the city of Maastricht which discriminated legal access based on individuals' nationality. We apply a difference-in-difference approach using...
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While at least a dozen state legislatures are considering bills to allow the consumption of marijuana for medicinal … purposes, the federal government has recently intensified its efforts to close medical marijuana dispensaries. Federal … officials contend that the legalization of medical marijuana encourages teenagers to use marijuana and have targeted …
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Governments worldwide are increasingly concerned about the booming CBD (cannabidiol) products. However, little is known about the impact of their liberalization. We study a unique case of unintended liberalization of a CBD-based product (light cannabis) that occurred in Italy in 2017. Using...
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Do collective bargaining rights for law enforcement result in more civilian deaths at the hands of the police? Using an event-study design, we find that the introduction of duty to bargain requirements with police unions has led to a significant increase in non-white civilian deaths at the hands...
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Police accountability is essential to uphold the social contract. Monitoring the monitors is, however, not without difficulty. This paper reveals how police departments exploit specific laws surrounding death investigations to facilitate the underreporting of police killings. Our results show...
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relocation with displacement, which has a negative connotation. This negative view overlooks the multifaceted effects of forced … and micro levels. We argue that forced relocation in urban China is not necessarily equivalent to displacement. Studying …
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Program evaluations often focus on average treatment effects. However, average treatment effects miss important aspects of policy evaluation, such as the impact on inequality and whether treatment harms some individuals. A growing literature develops methods to evaluate such issues by examining...
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We evaluate the impact on crime of a localized policing experiment that depenalized the possession of small quantities …
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