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The Effect of Education on Criminal Convictions and Incarceration: Causal Evidence from Micro-data
Hjalmarsson, Randi; Holmlund, Helena; Lindquist, Matthew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
percent for males and females, respectively. In addition, we find that the effect of education on crime persists across birth …
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The crime reducing effect of education
Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujić, Sunčica - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071305
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Admission is Free Only if Your Dad is Rich! Distributional Effects of Corruption in Schools in Developing Countries
Islam, Asadul; Emran, M. Shahe; Shilpi, Forhad - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2013
This paper provides an analysis of potential unequal burden of bribery in schools on poor households in developing countries. The rich are more likely to pay bribes in the standard model where the probability of punishment for bribe taking by a teacher is the same irrespective of income of the...
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The Crime Reducing Effect of Education
Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujić, Sunčica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602724
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The Crime Reducing Effect of Education
Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujic, Suncica - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542759
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Education and crime: evidence from Italian regions
Buonanno, Paolo; Leonida, Leone - Dipartimento di Scienze Aziendali, Economiche e Metodi … - 2005
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005063127
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Identifying the Effect of Education on Crime. Evidence from the Italian Regions
Buonanno, Paolo - Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e … - 2003
In this paper we develop an econometric approach aimed at estimating the impact of education on the rate of criminality … relationship between the level of education and the rate of criminality, we propose to test our theoretical model and to identify … crime and education. But in order to study the Italian reality we account for its peculiarities (slowness in reaching a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005685650
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Crime, Education and Peer Pressure
Buonanno, Paolo - Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e … - 2003
to allocate their disposable time between education, crime and work in the legal sector. Education has a multiple role …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005685656
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The Socioeconomic Determinants of Crime. A Review of the Literature
Buonanno, Paolo - Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e … - 2003
, level of education and other economic and social factors that may affect individual’s propensity to commit crimes such as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005685727
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The effect of socio-economic determinants on crime rates: An empirical research in the case of Greece with cointegration analysis
Dritsakis, Nikolaos; Gkanas, Alexandros - In: International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences … 2 (2009) 2, pp. 51-64
The present paper analyzes the relationship between the criminal offences, the function of the justice system and some of their socio-economic determinants in the case of Greece by estimating their dynamic interactions. The analysis covers the period 1971-2006 and the cointegration methodologies...
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