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 … Maastricht University before and during the partial cannabis prohibition.We find that the academic performance of students who …

education can yield significant social benefits and can be a key policy tool in the drive to reduce crime …In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the …

We present new evidence on the causal impact of education on crime, by considering a large expansion of the UK post … variable strategy to study the crime-education relationship. At the same time as the education expansion, youth crime fell …, revealing a significant cross-cohort relationship between crime and education. The causal crime reducing effect of education is …

play important roles in the parental selection-crime of children relationship. Finally, results for siblings support a …

We investigate the impact on work absence of a massive reduction in paid sick leave benefits. We exploit a policy … average duration. Overall, the policy did reduce number of days lost to sick leave. For some, however, return to work may have …