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Twitter and crime : the effect of social movements on gender-based violence
Battisti, Michele; Kauppinen, Ilpo; Rude, Britta - 2022
This paper asks whether social movements taking place on Twitter affect gender-based violence (GBV). Using Twitter data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013417246
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Alcohol, behavioral norms and sexual violence on U.S. college campuses
Seabright, Paul; Marti, Julia Hoefer - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013166862
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Cross-border spillover: US gun laws and violence in Mexico
Dube, Arindrajit; Dube, Oeindrila; García-Ponce, Omar - 2012
To what extent, and under what conditions, does access to arms fuel violent crime? To answer this question, we exploit a unique natural experiment: the 2004 expiration of the U.S. Federal Assault Weapons Ban exerted a spillover on gun supply in Mexican municipios near Texas, Arizona and New...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291463
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Effects of maternal work incentives on adolescent social behaviors
Dave, Dhaval; Corman, Hope; Kalil, Ariel; … - 2019
This study investigates the effects of welfare reform in the U.S. in the 1990s, which dramatically limited cash assistance for low-income families, on the next generation as they transition to adulthood. We estimate effects by gender and focus on behaviors that are important for socioeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011992368
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Law enforcement and criminality : Europe vs. USA
Demougin, Dominique; Schwager, Robert - 1999
trade-o¤ between law enforcement expenditures and criminality. In contrast, if transfers are based on altruism, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443261
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Blood Money: Incentives for Violence in NHL Hockey
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Vorell, Matthias - 2008
The level of violence in the National Hockey League (NHL) reached its highest point in 1987 and has reduced somewhat … information from several databases 1996-2007, the incentives for violence in North American ice hockey are analyzed. We examine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264718
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Blood money : incentives for violence in NHL hockey
Haisken-DeNew, John P. (contributor);  … - 2008
The level of violence in the National Hockey League (NHL) reached its highest point in 1987 and has reduced somewhat … information from several databases 1996-2007, the incentives for violence in North American ice hockey are analyzed. We examine …. -- Compensating wage differentials ; health risk ; violence ; subjective indicators …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725799
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Does the certainty of arrest reduce domestic violence? : Evidence from mandatory and recommended arrest laws
Iyengar, Radha - 2007
Domestic violence remains a major public policy concern despite two decades of policy intervention. To eliminate police … inaction in response to domestic violence, many states have passed mandatory arrest laws, which require the police to arrest … abusers when a domestic violence incident is reported. These laws were justified by a randomized experiment in Minnesota which …
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Bargaining in the shadow of the law : divorce laws and family distress
Stevenson, Betsey (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003466946
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Family violence and football : the effect of unexpected emotional cues on violent behavior
Card, David E.; Dahl, Gordon B. - 2009
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