We present new evidence on the causal impact of education on crime, by considering a large expansion of the UK post …-compulsory education system that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The education expansion raised education levels across the … whole education distribution and, in particular for our analysis, at the bottom end enabling us to develop an instrumental …

We study the determinants of youth crime using a dynamic discrete choice model of crime and education. We allow past … education and criminal activities to affect current crime and educational decisions. We take advantage of a rich panel dataset … cognitive and social/emotional skills that feeds into the crime and education model. This allows us to separately identify the …

We present new evidence on the causal impact of education on crime, by considering a large expansion of the UK post …-compulsory education system that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The education expansion raised education levels across the … whole education distribution and, in particular for our analysis, at the bottom end enabling us to develop an instrumental …