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Wandering astray : teenagers' choices of schooling and crime
Fu, Chao; Grau, Nicolás; Rivera Cayupi, Jorge - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 13 (2022) 2, pp. 387-424
arrested by age 18 and a 13% increase in the fraction of those consistently enrolled throughout primary and secondary education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013382039
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The Effect of Education on Criminal Convictions and Incarceration: Causal Evidence from Micro-data
Hjalmarsson, Randi; Holmlund, Helena; Lindquist, Matthew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
percent for males and females, respectively. In addition, we find that the effect of education on crime persists across birth …
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The crime reducing effect of education
Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujić, Sunčica - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources … from Britain. A robust finding is that criminal activity is negatively associated with higher levels of education. However …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071305
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Admission is Free Only if Your Dad is Rich! Distributional Effects of Corruption in Schools in Developing Countries
Islam, Asadul; Emran, M. Shahe; Shilpi, Forhad - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2013
This paper provides an analysis of potential unequal burden of bribery in schools on poor households in developing countries. The rich are more likely to pay bribes in the standard model where the probability of punishment for bribe taking by a teacher is the same irrespective of income of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011141111
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The Crime Reducing Effect of Education
Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujić, Sunčica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources … from Britain. A robust finding is that criminal activity is negatively associated with higher levels of education. However …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602724
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The crime reducing effect of education
Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujić, Sunčica - 2010
In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources … from Britain. A robust finding is that criminal activity is negatively associated with higher levels of education. However …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269760
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Lost Boys: Access to Secondary Education and Crime
Huttunen, Kristiina; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Uusitalo, Roope; … - 2019
We study the effect of post-compulsory education on crime by exploiting a regression discontinuity design generated by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984644
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Lost Boys: Access to Secondary Education and Crime
Huttunen, Kristiina; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Uusitalo, Roope; … - 2019
We study the effect of post-compulsory education on crime by exploiting a regression discontinuity design generated by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037617
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The Crime Reducing Effect of Education
Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujic, Suncica - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2010
In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources … from Britain. A robust finding is that criminal activity is negatively associated with higher levels of education. However …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542759
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Education and crime: evidence from Italian regions
Buonanno, Paolo; Leonida, Leone - Dipartimento di Scienze Aziendali, Economiche e Metodi … - 2005
This paper studies the impact of education on criminal activity in Italy. We propose a theoretical framework to … determine the effects of education and past incidence of crime on criminal activity, and we test its predictions using annual … data for the twenty Italian regions over the period 1980-1995. The results show that education is negatively correlated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005063127