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Crime, punishment, and schooling decisions : evidence from Colombian adolescents
Ibáñez, Ana María; Rodríguez, Catherine; Zarruk, David - 2013
in the severity of judicial punishment imposed on Colombian adolescents, crime rates in Colombian municipalities … influence adolescents’ decisions in crime participation and school attendance. The study finds that, after an exogenous decrease …
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The effects of punishment of crime in Colombia on deterrence, incapacitation, and human capital formation
Guarin, Arlen; Medina, Carlos; Tamayo, Jorge Andrés - 2013
punishment at age 18, mandated by law, has a deterrent effect on arrests. No deterrent effect was found on index, violent or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010244876
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The effects of pre-trial detention on conviction, future crime, and employment : evidence from randomly assigned judges
Dobbie, Will; Goldin, Jacob; Yang, Crystal - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011546521
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The deterrence effect of prison : dynamic theory and evidence
Lee, David S.; McCrary, Justin - 2009
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Custodial versus non-custodial sentences : long-run evidence from an anticipated reform
Michel, Bastien; Hémet, Camille - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013543118
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The effects of electronic monitoring on offenders and their families
Grenet, Julien; Grönqvist, Hans; Niknami, Susan - 2023 - This version: August 1, 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013543129
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Procurement with unenforceable contract time and the law of liquidated damages
Dosi, Cesare; Moretto, Michele - 2012
Time overruns are common in public works and are not confined to inherently complex tasks. One explanation advanced in this paper is that bidders can undergo unpredictable changes in production costs which generate an option value of waiting. By exploiting the real-option approach, we examine...
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Forgive or punish : the impact of altruistic supervision on shirking
Dughera, Stefano; Marciano, Alain - 2020
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Diminishing returns : nudging Covid-19 prevention among Colombian young adults
Blackman, Allen; Hoffmann, Bridget - 2021
Until a vaccine is widely available, face masks and other nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) will continue to be the frontline defense against Covid-19 in developing countries. But their effectiveness depends critically on compliance by young adults, who are most likely both to become...
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Trade attitudes in Latin America : evidence from a multi-country survey experiment
Rodríguez Chatruc, Marisol; Stein, Ernesto; Vlaicu, Razvan - 2019
its sensitivity to positive and negative framing. The data come from the 2018 Latinobarometro survey of eighteen countries …, in which the authors embedded a survey experiment to study framing effects. It is found that respondents are generally …. Support for trade is unaffected by positive framing but is highly sensitive downward to employment loss framing. Positive …
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