Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10928

Violence, Development and Migration Waves: Evidence from Central American Child Migrant Apprehensions

Michael A. Clemens

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 124, 103355

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10895

Going after the Addiction, Not the Addicted: The Impact of Drug Decriminalization in Portugal

Sónia Félix, Pedro Portugal, Ana Tavares

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10872

Life After Lead: Effects of Early Interventions for Children Exposed to Lead

Stephen B. Billings, Kevin T. Schnepel

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10 (3), 315 - 344

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10858

The Political Cost of Being Soft on Crime: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Francesco Drago, Roberto Galbiati, Francesco Sobbrio

revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18 (6), 3305 - 3336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10857

Drivers of the Underground Economy around the Millienium: A Long Term Look for the United States

Rajeev K. Goel, James W. Saunoris, Friedrich Schneider

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10796

Optimizing Criminal Behavior and the Disutility of Prison

Giovanni Mastrobuoni, David A. Rivers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10709

Do Higher Achievers Cheat Less? An Experiment of Self-Revealing Individual Cheating

Erez Siniver, Yossef Tobol, Gideon Yaniv

published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2017, 68, 91 - 96

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10707

Speeding, Punishment, and Recidivism: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design

Markus Gehrsitz

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2017, 30(3), 497-528

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10705

Growth in the Shadows: Effect of the Shadow Economy on U.S. Economic Growth over More Than a Century

Rajeev K. Goel, James W. Saunoris, Friedrich Schneider

published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2019, 37 (1), 50 - 67

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10608

On Monetary and Non-Monetary Interventions to Combat Corruption

Ritwik Banerjee, Arnab Mitra

published in : Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018, 149, 332 - 355

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10607

Whistle-Blower Protection: Theory and Experimental Evidence

Lydia Mechtenberg, Gerd Muehlheusser, Andreas Roider

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 126, 103447

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10550

Democratic Involvement and Immigrants' Compliance with the Law

Michaela Slotwinski, Alois Stutzer, Cédric Gorinas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10543

You Drink, You Drive, You Die? The Dynamics of Youth Risk Taking in Response to a Change in the Legal Drinking Age

Stefan Boes, Steven Stillman

published as 'Drink and drive? Understanding the dynamics of youth risk-taking' in: Health Economics, 2024, 33 (10), 2381-2398

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10522

Crime and the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana

Davide Dragone, Giovanni Prarolo, Paolo Vanin, Giulio Zanella

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 159, 488-501

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. 10374

Rising Sea Levels and Sinking Property Values: The Effects of Hurricane Sandy on New York's Housing Market

Francesc Ortega, Süleyman Taspinar

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2018, 105, 81 - 100

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10306

Silence of the Innocents: Illegal Immigrants' Underreporting of Crime and their Victimization

Stefano Comino, Giovanni Mastrobuoni, Antonio Nicolò

published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020, 39 (4), 1214 - 1245

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10260

Psychosocial Competencies and Risky Behaviours in Peru

Marta Favara, Alan Sanchez

published in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2017, 6:3

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10236

The Decision to Carry: The Effect of Crime on Concealed-Carry Applications

Briggs Depew, Isaac D. Swensen

published online in: Journal of Human Resources, 4 April 2018

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. 10029

Illegal Migration and Consumption Behavior of Immigrant Households

Christian Dustmann, Francesco Fasani, Biagio Speciale

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2017, 15 (3), 654 - 691

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9947

Image versus Information: Changing Societal Norms and Optimal Privacy

S. Nageeb Ali, Roland Benabou

published as 'Image versus Information: Changing Societal Norms and Optimal Privacy' in: American Economic Review, 2020, 13 (3), 116 - 164

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9901

Cooperation, Punishment and Organized Crime: A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Southern Italy

Annamaria Nese, Niall O'Higgins, Patrizia Sbriglia, Maurizio Scudiero

published in: European Economic Review, 2018, 107, 86–98

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9887

High Times: The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on Student Time Use

Yu-Wei Luke Chu, Seth Gershenson

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 66, 142-153.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9820

Estimating the Size of the Shadow Economy: Methods, Problems and Open Questions

Friedrich Schneider, Andreas Buehn

published as 'Shadow Economy: Estimation Methods, Problems, Results and Open questions' in: Open Economics, 2018, 1, 1-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9711

Causal Effects of Mental Health Treatment on Education Outcomes for Youth in the Justice System

Alison Evans Cuellar, Dhaval M. Dave

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9702

Cheating in the Lab Predicts Fraud in the Field: An Experiment in Public Transportations

Zhixin Dai, Fabio Galeotti, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: Management Science, 2018, 64 (3), 1081-1100.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9700

College Party Culture and Sexual Assault

Jason M. Lindo, Peter Siminski, Isaac D. Swensen

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10 (1), 236–265

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9695

The Effect of Degree Attainment on Arrests: Evidence from a Randomized Social Experiment

Vikesh Amin, Carlos A. Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Daniel J. Parisian

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2016, 54: 259-273

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9638

Local Labor Market Conditions and Crime: Evidence from the Brazilian Trade Liberalization

Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Rodrigo R. Soares, Gabriel Ulyssea

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10 (4), 158-195

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9561

Fighting Corruption in Education: What Works and Who Benefits?

Oana Borcan, Mikael Lindahl, Andreea Mitrut

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2017, 9 (1), 180-209

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. 9374

Education and Criminal Behavior: Insights from an Expansion of Upper Secondary School

Olof Aslund, Hans Grönqvist, Caroline Hall, Jonas Vlachos

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 52, 178-192

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9279

School Starting Age and the Crime-Age Profile

Rasmus Landersø, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Marianne Simonsen

published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127, 1096-1118

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9211

Violence and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Homicides in Brazil

Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner, Marco Manacorda

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 119, 16-33.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9109

The Changing Returns to Crime: Do Criminals Respond to Prices?

Mirko Draca, Theodore Koutmeridis, Stephen Machin

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2019, 86, 1228–57

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9067

Kingpin Approaches to Fighting Crime and Community Violence: Evidence from Mexico's Drug War

Jason M. Lindo, María Padilla-Romo

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 58, 253-268

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. 8982

Uncovering the Gender Participation Gap in the Crime Market

Evelina Gavrilova, Nadia Campaniello

published in: European Economic Review, 2018, 109, 289-304

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8962

Immigration, Regional Conditions, and Crime: Evidence from an Allocation Policy in Germany

Marc Piopiunik, Jens Ruhose

published in: European Economic Review, 2017, 92, 258-282

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8958

The Effect of Community Traumatic Events on Student Achievement: Evidence from the Beltway Sniper Attacks

Seth Gershenson, Erdal Tekin

published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2018, 13(4), 513-544.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8900

'High' Achievers? Cannabis Access and Academic Performance

Olivier Marie, Ulf Zölitz

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2017, 84 (3), 1210 - 1237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8864

"Ain't No Rest for the Wicked": Population, Crime, and the 2013 Government Shutdown

Ricard Gil, Mario Macis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8849

The Cost of Binge Drinking

Marco Francesconi, Jonathan James

revised version published as "Liquid Assets? The Short-Run Liabilities of Binge Drinking" in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129(621), 2090-2136

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8800

The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Private Law Enforcement: Evidence from University Police

Paul Heaton, Priscillia E Hunt, John MacDonald, Jessica Saunders

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8799

Police Disruption and Performance: Evidence from Recurrent Redeployments within a City

Giovanni Mastrobuoni

publilshed in: Journal of Public Economics, 2019, 176, 18-31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8718

Wet Laws, Drinking Establishments, and Violent Crime

D. Mark Anderson, Benjamin Crost, Daniel I. Rees

published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (611), 1333-1366

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8716

The Effect of Workfare on Crime: Incapacitation and Program Effects

Peter Fallesen, Lars Pico Geerdsen, Susumu Imai, Torben Tranæs

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8686

Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Results from a Pilot Project in Vietnam

Ngan Dinh, Conor Hughes, James W. Hughes, Margaret Maurer-Fazio