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297 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18353
Crime and Prices: Evidence from Thefts of Expensive Precious Metal
Gerald Foong, Stephen Machin, Matteo Sandi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18168
Reversing the School to Prison Pipeline: The Impact of an Adult High School Program
Emily Merola, David Phillips, Patrick S Turner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18006
Non-Fatal Strangulation Laws and Intimate Partner Homicides
Dércio de Assis, Arpita Ghosh, Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17989
Why Higher Pay Leads to More Crime
Kerry L. Papps
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17958
Welfare Programs and Crime Spillovers
David Carson Jinkins, Elira Kuka, Claudio Labanca
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17885
The Impact of Refugees on Crime: Evidence from Syrian Influx in Türkiye by Nativity of Perpetrators and Victims
Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Abdullah Selim Öztek
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17729
Empirical Analysis of Racial Disparities in Policing
Deepak Premkumar, Magnus Lofstrom, Joseph Hayes, Brandon Martin, Sean Cremin
published in: Santa Clara Law Review, 2025, 65, 1
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17710
What Happened When California Suspended Bail during COVID?
Deepak Premkumar, Andrew Skelton, Magnus Lofstrom, Sean Cremin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17697
Crime Prevention Programs Improve Citizen's Mental Health: Evidence from Peru
Elard Amaya, Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll, Silvia Mendolia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17628
Dishonesty Concessions in Teams: Theory and Experimental Insights from Local Politicians in India
Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Anustup Kundu, Kunal Sen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17565
Nuisance Ordinances and Domestic Violence
Sarah Kroeger, Giulia La Mattina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17522
Recidivism and Barriers to Reintegration: A Field Experiment Encouraging Use of Reentry Support
Marco Castillo, Sera Linardi, Ragan Petrie
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17483
Crime and Education
Stephen Machin, Matteo Sandi
published online in: Annual Review of Economics, 4 April 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17425
Landing on Water: Air Interdiction, Drug-Trafficking Displacement, and Violence in the Brazilian Amazon
Leila Pereira, Rafael Pucci, Rodrigo R. Soares
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17423
Crime and the Labor Market
Randi Hjalmarsson, Stephen Machin, Paolo Pinotti
published in: Christian Dustmann and Thomas Lemieux (eds.), Handbook of Labor Economics, 2024, 5, 679-759
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17396
Minority Salience and Criminal Justice Decisions
Kyra Hanemaaijer, Nadine Ketel, Olivier Marie
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17328
A Few Bad Apples? Criminal Charges, Political Careers, and Policy Outcomes
Diogo Britto, Gianmarco Daniele, Marco Le Moglie, Paolo Pinotti, Breno Sampaio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17321
Business Disruptions Due to Social Vulnerability and Criminal Activities in Urban Areas
Nick Drydakis
published in: Journal of Criminal Justice, 2024, 95, 102293
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17137
Impact of Prison Experience on Anti-gay Sentiments: Longitudinal Analysis of Inmates and Their Families
Maxim Ananyev, Mikhail Poyker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17114
Peer Effects in Prison
Julian V. Johnsen, Laura Khoury
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17113
Spillovers in Criminal Networks: Evidence from Co-offender Deaths
Matthew J. Lindquist, Eleonora Patacchini, Michael Vlassopoulos, Yves Zenou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17022
Medical Cannabis Availability and Mental Health: Evidence from New York's Medical Cannabis Program
Coleman Drake, Dylan Nagy, David Slusky, Matthew Eisenberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17006
Proud to Belong: The Impact of Ethics Training on Police Officers in Ghana
Donna Harris, Oana Borcan, Danila Serra, Henry Telli, Bruno Schettini, Stefan Dercon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16940
Partial Legalization and Parallel Markets: The Effect of Lawful Crossing on Unlawful Crossing at the US Southwest Border
Michael A. Clemens
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16910
Small Children, Big Problems: Childbirth and Crime
Diogo Britto, Roberto Hsu Rocha, Paolo Pinotti, Breno Sampaio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16831
When Emotion Regulation Matters: The Efficacy of Socio-Emotional Learning to Address School-Based Violence in Central America
Lelys Dinarte Diaz, Pablo Egana-delSol, Claudia Martínez A., Cindy Rojas A.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16830
Peer Effects on Violence: Experimental Evidence from El Salvador
Lelys Dinarte Diaz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16799
Unveiling Shadows: The Impact of Unemployment on Child Maltreatment
Dan Brown, Elisabetta De Cao
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16665
Accessing the Safety Net: How Medicaid Affects Health and Recidivism
Analisa Packham, David Slusky
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16621
Minimum Wage Non-compliance: The Role of Co-determination
Laszlo Goerke, Markus Pannenberg
substantially revised version published online in: European Journal of Law and Economics, 14 September 2024,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16609
Strategic Bureaucratic Opacity: Evidence from Death Investigation Laws and Police Killings
Elda Celislami, Stephen Kastoryano, Giovanni Mastrobuoni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16550
Does Wage Theft Vary by Demographic Group? Evidence from Minimum Wage Increases
Jeffrey Clemens, Michael R. Strain
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16523
Permanent School Closures and Crime: Evidence from Scotland
Daniel Borbely, Markus Gehrsitz, Stuart McIntyre, Gennaro Rossi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16502
The Effects of Exposure to Refugees on Crime: Evidence from the Greek Islands
Rigissa Megalokonomou, Chrysovalantis Vasilakis
published in: European Economic Review, 2023, 160, 104605
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16295
Weberian Civil Service and Labor Enforcement
Matías Dewey, Lucas Ronconi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16282
Illicit Shadows: An Economic Analysis of Trade Gaps in Cultural Goods through the Italian Market
Elia Acciai, Michele Belloni, Marina Della Giusta, Giovanna Segre
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16269
Come Out and Play: Public Space Recovery, Social Capital, and Citizen Security
Matías Braun, Francisco Gallego, Rodrigo R. Soares
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16247
Access to Guns in the Heat of the Moment: More Restrictive Gun Laws Mitigate the Effect of Temperature on Violence
Jonathan Colmer, Jennifer Doleac
published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 29 November 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16071
Murphy's Law or Luck of the Irish? Disparate Treatment of the Irish in 19th Century Courts
Anna Bindler, Randi Hjalmarsson, Stephen Machin, Melissa Rubio-Ramos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16002
Too Much of a Good Thing: Accelerated Growth and Crime
Rodrigo R. Soares, Danilo Souza
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15993
Prison, Mental Health, and Family Spillovers
Manudeep Bhuller, Laura Khoury, Katrine Vellesen Loken
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15970
Economic Sanctions and Trade Flows in the Neighbourhood
Vincenzo Bove, Jessica Di Salvatore, Roberto Nistico
published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2024, 66 (4), 671 - 697
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15866
Border Apprehensions and Federal Sentencing of Hispanic Citizens in the United States
Simone Bertoli, Morgane Laouénan, Jérôme Valette
forthcoming in: Journal of Law and Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15859
Schools as Safety Nets: Break-Downs and Recovery in Reporting of Violence against Children
Damian Clarke, Pilar Larroulet, Daniel Pailañir, Daniela Quintana
pubished online in: Journal of Human Resources, 07 March 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15856
Deterrence or Backlash? Arrests and the Dynamics of Domestic Violence
Sofia Amaral, Gordon B. Dahl, Victoria Endl-Geyer, Timo Hener, Helmut Rainer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15843
Mandatory Seatbelt Laws and Traffic Fatalities: A Reassessment
D. Mark Anderson, Yang Liang, Joseph J. Sabia
published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2024, 39 (3), 513-521
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15800
Highway to Hell? Interstate Highway System and Crime
Francesca Calamunci, Jakub Lonsky
updated version published as 'The Road to Crime: An Unintended Consequence of the Interstate Highway System' in: Economic Journal, 2025, 135 (667), 748–772
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15757
Dynamic Relationships between Criminal Offending and Victimization
Christopher Erwin, Juliane Hennecke, Lisa Meehan, Gail Pacheco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15665
Business Cycles and Police Hires
Fernando Saltiel, Cody Tuttle
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15591
The Kids Aren't Alright: Parental Job Loss and Children's Outcomes within and beyond Schools
Diogo Britto, Caíque Melo, Breno Sampaio
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