arrested by age 18 and a 13% increase in the fraction of those consistently enrolled throughout primary and secondary education. …

We study the effect of post-compulsory education on crime by exploiting a regression discontinuity design generated by …

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 study the effect of post-compulsory education on crime by exploiting a regression discontinuity design generated by …

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 …

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 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 …

to allocate their disposable time between education, crime and work in the legal sector. Education has a multiple role …

, level of education and other economic and social factors that may affect individual’s propensity to commit crimes such as …

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 …