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Incarceration versus probation? : long-run evidence from an anticipated reform
Michel, Bastien; Hémet, Camille - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012387091
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Deterrence and the adjustment of sentences during imprisonment
Polinsky, Alan Mitchell; Shavell, Steven - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102477
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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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Law-abiding immigrants: the incarceration gap between immigrants and the US-born, 1850-2020
Abramitzky, Ran; Boustan, Leah Platt; Torres, Juan David; … - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014317457
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Tempering the taste for vengeance : information about prisoners and policy choices in Chile
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Cafferata, Fernando G.; … - 2020
creates prison overcrowding and can lead to recidivism. Harsh penalties are often demanded by citizens, making them … about the prison population shapes tastes for punitive anti-crime policies. Respondents in the treatment group received … information about the low educational attainment of prisoners. This information led to substantial changes in policy preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267502
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Do we need more women in power? : gender, public policy, and development in Bolivia
Yañez-Pagans, Patricia - 2014
This paper evaluates the impacts of increasing female representation in Bolivian municipal councils on public policy choices and welfare outcomes. By combining detailed administrative panel data on municipal expenditures and revenues together with electoral data, an innovative regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011287263
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The interaction of economic and political inequality in Latin America
Fergusson, Leopoldo; Robinson, James A.; Torres, Santiago - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495921
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The interaction of economic and political inequality in Latin America
Fergusson, Leopoldo; Robinson, James A.; Torres, Santiago - 2024
We investigate how economic inequality can persist in Latin America in the context of radical falls in political inequality in the last decades. Using data from Colombia, we focus on a critical facet of democratization - the entry of new politicians. We show that initial levels of inequality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014536269
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The CEB's experience in prison financing
Athenosy, Lucia; Revenco, Viorica - Europarat / Entwicklungbank - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011298604