We investigate the effect of job loss and unemployment benefits on criminal behavior, exploiting individual-level data on … the universe of workers and criminal cases in Brazil over the 2009-2017 period. We match workers displaced upon plausibly … are less subject to differential reporting by employment status. We then evaluate the mitigating effect of unemployment …

We investigate the effect of job loss and unemployment benefits on criminal behavior, exploiting individual-level data … on the universe of workers and criminal cases in Brazil over the 2009-2017 period. We match workers displaced upon … effect of unemployment benefits leveraging on discontinuous changes in eligibility. Regression discontinuity estimates …

We investigate the effect of job loss and unemployment benefits on criminal behavior, exploiting individual-level data … on the universe of workers and criminal cases in Brazil over the 2009-2017 period. We match workers displaced upon … effect of unemployment benefits leveraging on discontinuous changes in eligibility.Regression discontinuity estimates suggest …

This paper is based on the first use of program administrative data from Brazil's unemployment insurance (UI) program …

Recent efforts to expand unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility are expected to increase low-earning workers' access …

week in unemployment insurance (UI) benefit payments from late March through July 2020. This unprecedented increase in UI …