The 2005 report of the National Research Council (NRC) on Firearms and Violence recognized that violent crime was … higher in the post-passage period (relative to national crime patterns) for states adopting right-to-carry (RTC) concealed … by Lott and Mustard (LM) and Moody and Marvell (MM) that had previously been offered as evidence of crime-reducing RTC …

This paper studies the effect of female political representation on violence against women. Using a Regression … leads to a reduction in episodes of gender violence. The effect is particularly strong when focusing on incidents of … domestic violence, when the aggressor is the ex-husband/boyfriend, and when victims experienced sexual violence. The evidence …

We investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed people’s mental health. Using representative …

We investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed people’s mental health. Using representative …

A hidden cost of the COVID-19 pandemic is the stigma associated with the disease for those infected and groups that are … certain groups such as religious minorities, lower-caste groups, and frontline workers (healthcare, police), and reduces the …

We investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed people's mental health. Using representative …

We investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed people’s mental health. Using representative …

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the prescribed countermeasures of restrictions to mobility and social … behavior and illegal activity. In this study, we investigate the effects of COVID-19-induced lockdowns on recorded crime in … unveiling the impact on criminal activities by type of shutdown policy. We use official crime data across the universe of local …