percent for males and females, respectively. In addition, we find that the effect of education on crime persists across birth …

This paper studies the impact of education on criminal activity in Italy. We propose a theoretical framework to … determine the effects of education and past incidence of crime on criminal activity, and we test its predictions using annual … data for the twenty Italian regions over the period 1980-1995. The results show that education is negatively correlated …

In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources … from Britain. A robust finding is that criminal activity is negatively associated with higher levels of education. However …, 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 …-compulsory education system that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The education expansion raised education levels across the … whole education distribution and, in particular for our analysis, at the bottom end enabling us to develop an instrumental …

A common practice in the fields of education, mental health, and juvenile justice is to segregate problem youths in …

. Agents choose either to become criminals or invest in education and become workers instead. The model is closed in that all …