IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'The Unintended Consequences of Welfare Reforms: Universal Credit, Financial Insecurity, and Crime' in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2024, 40 (1), 129 - 181

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13304

Post-9/11 War Deployments Increased Crime among Veterans

Resul Cesur, Joseph J. Sabia, Erdal Tekin

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2022, 65 (2), 279–310

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13035

Early Release and Recidivism

Armando N. Meier, Jonathan Levav, Stephan Meier

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13028

The Economic Impact of Organized Crime Infiltration in the Legal Economy: Evidence from the Judicial Administration of Organized Crime Firms

Francesca Calamunci, Francesco Drago

published in: Italian Economic Journal, 2020, 6, 275 - 297

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13025

The Second Convict Age: Explaining the Return of Mass Imprisonment in Australia

Andrew Leigh

published in: Economic Record, 2020, 96 (313), 187-208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13024

Estimating Long-Run Incarceration Rates for Australia, Canada, England & Wales, New Zealand and the United States

Andrew Leigh

published as 'Estimating Long-Run Incarceration Rates for Australia, Canada, England and Wales, New Zealand, and the United States' in: Australian Economic History Review, 2020, 60 (2), 148-185

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13010

The Effect of Outside Temperature on Criminal Court Sentencing Decisions

Sally Evans, Peter Siminski

published in: SURE Journal, 2021, 21 (1)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12968

The Dependent Coverage Mandate Took a Bite Out of Crime

Zachary S. Fone, Andrew I. Friedson, Brandy Lipton, Joseph J. Sabia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12928

Bayesian Panel Quantile Regression for Binary Outcomes with Correlated Random Effects: An Application on Crime Recidivism in Canada

Georges Bresson, Guy Lacroix, Mohammad Arshad Rahman

published in: Empirical Economics, 2021, 60, 227 - 259

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12868

Can Sanctuary Polices Reduce Domestic Violence?

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Monica Deza

published in: American Law and Economic Review, 2022, 24 (1), 116 - 170

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12798

The Effect of E-Verify Laws on Crime

Brandyn F. Churchill, Andrew Dickinson, Taylor Mackay, Joseph J. Sabia

published in: ILR Review, 2022, 75 (5), 1294-1320.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12784

Greater US Gun Ownership, Lethality and Murder Rates: Analysis and Policy Proposals

Maurice Schiff

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12693

Stay or Flee? Probability versus Severity of Punishment in Hit-And-Run Accidents

Stefano Castriota, Mirco Tonin

published as 'Stay or flee? Hit-and-run accidents, darkness and probability of punishment' in: European Journal of Law and Economics, 2023, 55, 117 - 144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12466

Compensation in Personal Injury Cases: Mean or Median Income?

Leif Danziger, Eliakim Katz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12255

An Empirical and Qualitative Assessment of Terrorism Sentencing Decisions in Canada since 2001: Shifting Away from the Fundamental Principle and Towards Cognitive Biases

Michael Nesbitt, Robert J. Oxoby, Meagan Potier

published as 'Terrorism Sentencing Decisions in Canada Since 2001: Shifting away from the Fundamental Principle and towards Cognitive Biases' in: UBC Law Review, 2019, 52 (2), Article 5

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11948

The Effect of Risk Assessment Scores on Judicial Behavior and Defendant Outcomes

Carly Will Sloan, George S Naufal, Heather Caspers

published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 08 May 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11712

More than the Money: Payoff-Irrelevant Terms in Relational Contracts

Erich Cromwell, Sebastian J. Goerg, Monika Leszczynska

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11655

Violence While in Utero: The Impact of Assaults during Pregnancy on Birth Outcomes

Janet Currie, Michael Mueller-Smith, Maya Rossin-Slater

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11567

High on Crime? Exploring the Effects of Marijuana Dispensary Laws on Crime in California Counties

Priscillia E Hunt, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Gabriel Weinberger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11239

Women's Inheritance Rights Reform and the Preference for Sons in India

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Rachel Brulé, Sanchari Roy

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 146 (C), 102275

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11124

Building Human or Criminal Capital? School Peer Effects on Future Offending

Britt Ostergaard Larsen, Nicolai Kristensen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10631

Using a Ratio Test to Estimate Racial Differences in Wrongful Conviction Rates

David J. Bjerk, Eric Helland

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10544

Mandatory Minimums and the Sentencing of Federal Drug Crimes

David J. Bjerk

published in: the Journal of Legal Studies, 2017, 46 (1), 93-128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10409

Avoiding Convictions: Regression Discontinuity Evidence on Court Deferrals for First-Time Drug Offenders

Michael Mueller-Smith, Kevin T. Schnepel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10346

Wheeling into School and Out of Crime: Evidence from Linking Driving Licenses to Minimum Academic Requirements

Rashmi Barua, Marian Vidal-Fernandez

published in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Economics, 2024, 217, 334-377

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10208

Substance Abuse Treatment Centers and Local Crime

Samuel R. Bondurant, Jason M. Lindo, Isaac D. Swensen

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2018, 104, 124 - 133

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9501

Can Reputation Discipline the Gig Economy? Experimental Evidence from an Online Labor Market

Alan Benson, Aaron Sojourner, Akhmed Umyarov

published in: Management Science, 2020, 66 (5), 1802-1825

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9388

The Impact of Fine Size and Uncertainty on Punishment and Deterrence: Theory and Evidence from the Laboratory

Eberhard Feess, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Markus Schramm, Ansgar Wohlschlegel

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018, 149, 58-73

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9038

Street Prostitution Zones and Crime

Paul Bisschop, Stephen Kastoryano, Bas van der Klaauw

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2017, 9 (4), 28-63

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8887

Court-ship, Kinship and Business: A Study on the Interaction between the Formal and the Informal Institutions and Its Effect on Entrepreneurship

Tanika Chakraborty, Anirban Mukherjee, Sarani Saha

published in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2015, 4, 7 (2015)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8879

The Role of Lawyer-Legislators in Shaping the Law: Evidence from Voting Behavior on Tort Reforms

Ulrich Matter, Alois Stutzer

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2015, 58 (2), 357-384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8677

Individual Perceptions of Local Crime Risk

Martin Salm, Ben Vollaard

revised version published as 'The dynamics of crime risk perceptions' in: American Law and Economics Review, 2021, 23 (2), 520 - 561

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8403

The Effect of Rehabilitative Punishments on Juvenile Crime and Labor Market Outcomes

Kristiina Huttunen, Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ville Mälkönen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7541

The Economics of First-Contract Mediation

Sabien Dobbelaere, Roland Iwan Luttens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7309

Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress

Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7098

Cross-Border Spillover: U.S. Gun Laws and Violence in Mexico

Arindrajit Dube, Oeindrila Dube, Omar García-Ponce

published in: American Political Science Review, 2013, 107 (3), 397-417

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6705

Stand Your Ground Laws and Homicides

Chandler McClellan, Erdal Tekin

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52 (3), 621-653

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6290

Laws and Norms

Roland Benabou, Jean Tirole

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5917

Access to Justice and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Brazil's Special Civil Tribunals

Guilherme Lichand, Rodrigo R. Soares

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57 (2), 459-499

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5670

Crime, Prosecutors, and the Certainty of Conviction

Horst Entorf

published in: European Journal of Law and Economics, 2015, 39 (1), 167–201 (jointly with Hannes Spengler)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5484

Status-Seeking in Criminal Subcultures and the Double Dividend of Zero-Tolerance

Robert Dur, Joël van der Weele

published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2013, 15 (1), 77-93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5434

Turning 18: What a Difference Application of Adult Criminal Law Makes

Horst Entorf

published as 'Expected Recidivism among Young Offenders: Comparing Specific Deterrence under Juvenile and Adult Criminal Law' in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 28 (4), 414-429

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5352

Contracts between Legal Persons

Lewis A. Kornhauser, W. Bentley MacLeod

published in: Robert Gibbons and John Roberts (eds.) Handbook of Organizational Economics, Princeton University Press, 2012

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5198

Religious Participation versus Shopping: What Makes People Happier?

Danny Cohen-Zada, William Sander

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2011, 54 (4), 889-906

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4995

Do Gun Buybacks Save Lives? Evidence from Panel Data

Andrew Leigh, Christine Neill

published in: American Law and Economics Review, 2010, 12 (2), 462-508

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4856

How Do Labor Markets Affect Crime? New Evidence on an Old Puzzle

David B. Mustard

published in: Handbook on the Economics of Crime, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4396

Better Means More: Property Rights and High-Growth Aspiration Entrepreneurship

Saul Estrin, Julia Korosteleva, Tomasz Mickiewicz

substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No. 5481

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4373

Producer Protection Legislation and Termination Damages in the Presence of Contracting Frictions

Steven Y. Wu

published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 91 (1), 28 - 41

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4200

The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness

Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2009, 1(2), 190–225

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4084

Do the Selfish Mimic Cooperators? Experimental Evidence from Finitely-Repeated Labor Markets

Brian E. Roe, Steven Y. Wu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3710

Is Being 'Soft on Crime' the Solution to Rising Crime Rates? Evidence from Germany

Horst Entorf, Hannes Spengler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3391

Geography vs. Institutions at the Village Level

Michael Grimm, Stephan Klasen

published as 'Migration pressure, tenure security and agricultural intensification. Evidence from Indonesia' in: Land Economics, 2015, 91 (3), 411-434.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2879

Discretionary Latitude and Relational Contracting

Steven Y. Wu, Brian E. Roe

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2870

Do You Receive a Lighter Prison Sentence Because You Are a Woman? An Economic Analysis of Federal Criminal Sentencing Guidelines

Supriya Sarnikar, Todd A. Sorensen, Ronald L. Oaxaca

research from this working paper published separately as 'Race and Gender Differences under Federal Sentencing Guidelines' in: American Economic Review , 2012, 102 (3), 256–260 and as 'Do you receive a lighter prison sentence because you are a woman or a white? An economic analysis of the federal criminal sentencing guidelines' in: BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2014, 14 (1), 1-54

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2367

Regulating Damage Clauses in (Labor) Contracts

Gerd Muehlheusser

published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2007, 163 (4), 531-551

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2054

Should You Allow Your Agent to Become Your Competitor? On Non-Compete Agreements in Employment Contracts

Matthias Kräkel, Dirk Sliwka

published in: International Economic Review, 2009, 50(1), 117-141

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1978

Reputations, Relationships and the Enforcement of Incomplete Contracts

W. Bentley MacLeod

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2007, 45(3), 595-628