identities to understand how group identification and socialization affect ingroup favoritism and out-group discrimination. The …

-based discrimination, both of which are costly and lead to lower payouts. In contrast, accurate statistical discrimination is ruled out by …

influence adolescents’ decisions in crime participation and school attendance. The study finds that, after an exogenous decrease … in the severity of judicial punishment imposed on Colombian adolescents, crime rates in Colombian municipalities …

Punitive anti-crime policies in the Americas have contributed to steadily increasing rates of incarceration. This … politically attractive for politicians. Yet the contextual determinants of participation in crime are rarely understood by the … about the prison population shapes tastes for punitive anti-crime policies. Respondents in the treatment group received …

Relatively little is known about the effects of blue-collar crime (theft, robbery, vandalism or arson) on financial … decisions. Previous literature has focused its attention either on 'regional' crime rates or the 'perception' of crime as … business obstacles. Instead, we examine financing terms of 'individual' firms that 'effectively' experimented blue-collar crime …

Estimating the effect of inequality on crime is challenging due to reverse causality and omitted variable bias. This … is found that inequality increases both property crime and violent crime. The estimates are robust to including … traditional determinants of crime (like population density, proportion of young males, average education level, quality of law …

We measure the extent of discrimination against same-sex couples by schools in Colombia using a matched …. Our findings suggest that, despite a strong legal framework that protects LGBTQ+ rights, discrimination against same …

discrimination against LGBTQ+ (here restricted to individuals self-identified as gay or lesbian) job seekers in the labor market … discrimination in terms of hiring recommendations, job fit assessments, or wage offers. However, a closer analysis reveals a gender …-based differential treatment. Female LGBTQ+ candidates received positive discrimination, were more likely to be selected and offered …