In this paper we ask whether policies targeting a reduction in crime rates through changes in education outcomes can be … alternative policies. We develop an overlapping generation, life-cycle model with endogenous education and crime choices …. Education and crime depend on different dimensions of heterogeneity, which takes the form of di®erences in innate ability and …

might be worth considering as an approach to reducing juvenile crime. The author finds some evidence that higher …-quality schools are associated with lower probabilities of committing some types of crime. …

Despite increased prevalence among youth with disabilities, parenthood and crime did not appear to affect education or …

We study the determinants of youth crime using a dynamic discrete choice model of crime and education. We allow past … education and criminal activities to affect current crime and educational decisions. We take advantage of a rich panel dataset … cognitive and social/ emotional skills that feeds into the crime and education model. This allows us to separately identify the …

This paper estimates a tertiary eligibility effect on crime for Sweden. The idea is that investment in higher education …-incapacitation effect of higher education decreases crime rates. However, to invest in higher education, the individual has to meet the … invest in higher education, and thus escape unemployment or inactivity, their propensity to commit crime decreases. …

distribution to social indicators, democratic benchmarks and crime.Abstract: Este informe trasciende el alcance de la economía …

In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the … account for the endogeneity of education. In this causal approach, for property crimes, the negative crime-education …

Due to the large social costs of juvenile crime, policymakers have long been concerned about its causes. In the 2009 … Education and canceling class for seventeen instructional days. We examine the effects of this unusually short school year to …