This paper analyses whether living in a locality with high crime against women affects the probability of early … live in a high-crime locality would marry their daughters off at an early age to protect the chastity of their daughters … from any sexual violence. However, there would be no similar effect of perceived crime in the locality on the marriage of …

We investigate the short-term impact of out-of-home care on child health, schooling and juvenile crime. Using an event … increasing crime rates before placement. After placement, we find a decrease in hospitalizations and an improvement in schooling …

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 …

regular citizens do not become more dishonest in response to crime-related reminders. Moreover, our experimental measure of …

In this paper we estimate the effects of expanding access to substance-abuse treatment on local crime. We do so using …

In three distinct disciplines, crime and punishment are studied experimentally: in empirical legal studies, in …

This research investigates the impact of Fintech development on an important type of crime: theft. Based on Becker …