In this article we study the effects of permanent school closures on crime. We leverage the closure of over 300 schools … matched sample. We find that neighbourhoods affected by school closures experience a reduction in crime of about 9% of a … property crimes. We provide evidence on several mechanisms explaining the negative crime effect, such as changes in …

It has been long recognized that cash plays a critical role in fueling street crime due to its liquidity and … circulation of cash on the streets associated with EBT implementation had an effect on crime. To address this question, we exploit … had a negative and significant effect on the overall crime rate as well as burglary, assault, and larceny. According to …

combining detailed school characteristics with time and geo-referenced crime information from the city of São Paulo, Brazil, we …This paper investigates the impact of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs on crime. Making use of a unique dataset … estimate the contemporaneous effect of the Bolsa Família program on crime. We address the endogeneity of CCT coverage by …

program in Indonesia is significantly associated with increases in crime and declines in social capital within communities …

This paper develops a model of crime analyzing how such behavior is associated with individual and neighborhood poverty … across crime types. A key implication is that greater economic segregation in a city should have no effect or a negative … effect on property crime, but a positive effect on violent crime. Using IV methods, I show this implication to be consistent …

program in Indonesia is significantly associated with increases in crime and declines in social capital within communities … financial costs that have been the focus of the literature to date. -- cash transfer programs ; crime ; mistargeting ; social …

combining detailed school characteristics with time and geo-referenced crime information from the city of São Paulo, Brazil, we …This paper investigates the impact of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs on crime. Making use of a unique dataset … estimate the contemporaneous effect of the Bolsa Família program on crime. We address the endogeneity of CCT coverage by …

January 1, 1995. We examine the impact of this legislationon reported crime rates using different time series approaches. In …

Does poverty lead to crime? We shed light on this question using two independent and exogenous shocks to household …. The relationship between trade shocks and crime is similar to the observed relationship between rainfall shocks and crime …. Our results thus identify a causal effect of poverty on crime. They also lend credence to a large literature on the …