Accion, the Colombian CCT program on crime, teenage pregnancy, high school dropout and college enrollment using a Regression …

, play in determining crime rates. We use data on the police force areas of England and Wales between 1975 and 1996. We find … that falls in the wages of unskilled workers leads to increases in crime. We carry out a number of experiments with …. These reinforce the picture of a strong impact of wages on crime. The result that incentives play a central role is …