prolonged and more general education lead to a reduction in property crime, but no significant decrease in violent crime. The … opportunities and/or inclinations to commit crime. …

prolonged and more general education lead to a reduction in property crime, but no significant decrease in violent crime. The … opportunities and/or inclinations to commit crime. …

We estimate the contemporaneous effect of education on adolescent crime by exploiting the variation in crime rates … percentage-point increase of the enrollment rate reduces adolescent crime by 1.3 per cent in the North of Italy but increases it … by 3.9 per cent in the South. The crime-reducing effect depends mainly on incapacitation (i.e. adolescents stay in school …

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 …

In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the … account for the endogeneity of education. In this causal approach, for property crimes, the negative crime …

This paper examines the impact of schools on crime in urban neighborhoods. The change in the public educational … locations have on crime rates. In this paper, we use data on the location and opening of charter and public schools to estimate … the effect that school openings had on neighborhood crime patterns between 1998 and 2010. We estimate the change in crime …

In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the … account for the endogeneity of education. In this causal approach, for property crimes, the negative crime …