This paper uses data from the Gothenburg District Court in Sweden and a research design that exploits the random …

This paper uses data from the Gothenburg District Court in Sweden and a research design that exploits the random …

during the week after this birthday. We do not, however, find that harsher punishment reduces the crime rate permanently. …" in the sense that more crimes were committed during the week prior to a 21st birthday, followed by a reduction in crime …

crime as well as peer effects that determine youth criminal activities. This paper explores these channels by examining … learning mechanisms. Peer maternal incarceration increases adolescent female criminal activities and reduces male crime and the …