Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5923

The Use of Violence in Illegal Markets: Evidence from Mahogany Trade in the Brazilian Amazon

Ariaster B. Chimeli, Rodrigo R. Soares

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017, 9 (4), 30-57

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. 5904

Migration and Stratification

Guillermina Jasso

published in: Social Science Research, 2011, 40 (5), 1292 - 1336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5769

The Shadow Economy and Shadow Economy Labor Force: What Do We (Not) Know?

Friedrich Schneider

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5509

Too Low to Be True: The Use of Minimum Thresholds to Fight Tax Evasion

Mirco Tonin

published in: Clemens Fuest and George R. Zodrow (eds.), Critical Issues in Taxation and Development, Cambridge (MA), MIT press, 2013

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. 5332

Tacit Lobbying Agreements: An Experimental Study

Jens Großer, Ernesto Reuben, Agnieszka Tymula

published in: American Journal of Political Science, 2013, 57 (3), 582-597

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5270

Organization and Information in the Fight against Crime: An Evaluation of the Integration of Police Forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rodrigo R. Soares, Igor Viveiros

published in: Economía: Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, 2017, 17 (2), 29-63

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5172

Drawn into Violence: Evidence on 'What Makes a Criminal' from the Vietnam Draft Lotteries

Jason M. Lindo, Charles Stoecker

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2014, 52 (1), 239-258

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5047

Adolescent Drug Use and the Deterrent Effect of School-Imposed Penalties

Glen R. Waddell

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31, 961- 969

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5000

The Crime Reducing Effect of Education

Stephen Machin, Olivier Marie, Suncica Vujic

revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2011, 121 (552), 463-484.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4996

Crime and Immigration: Evidence from Large Immigrant Waves

Brian Bell, Stephen Machin, Francesco Fasani

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95, 1278-90

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4940

The Effect of Childhood Conduct Disorder on Human Capital

Pierre Koning, Dinand Webbink, Suncica Vujic, Nicholas G. Martin

revised version published in: Health Economics , 2012, 21(8), 928-945.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4860

The (Hidden) Financial Flows of Terrorist and Organized Crime Organizations: A Literature Review and Some Preliminary Empirical Results

Friedrich Schneider

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. 4565

Partially Identified Treatment Effects under Imperfect Compliance: The Case of Domestic Violence

Zahra Siddique

revised version published in: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2013, 108 (502), 504-513

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4470

Thieves, Thugs, and Neighborhood Poverty

David J. Bjerk

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, 68 (3), 231 - 246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4387

How Much Can We Trust Causal Interpretations of Fixed-Effects Estimators in the Context of Criminality?

David J. Bjerk

published in: Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2009, 25 (4), 391-417

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4122

Delinquent Networks

Coralio Ballester, Antoni Calvó-Armengol, Yves Zenou

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8 (1), 34-61

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4121

The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel? Patriotism and Tax Compliance

Kai A. Konrad, Salmai Qari

published in: Economica, 2012, 79 (315), 516-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3990

Sentence Reductions and Recidivism: Lessons from the Bastille Day Quasi Experiment

Eric Maurin, Aurelie Ouss

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3976

Crime and the Labour Market: Evidence from a Survey of Inmates

Horst Entorf

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2009, 229 (2+3), 254-269

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3950

Ethnicity and the Immigration of Highly Skilled Workers to the United States

Guillermina Jasso

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1+2), 26-42

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3903

Speed Discounting and Racial Disparities: Evidence from Speeding Tickets in Boston

Nejat Anbarci, Jungmin Lee

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3831

"Might Not Be a Tomorrow": A Multi-Methods Approach to Anticipated Early Death and Youth Crime

Timothy Brezina, Erdal Tekin, Volkan Topalli

published in: Criminology, 2009, 47 (4), 1091-1129

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. 3603

The Impact of Social Capital on Crime: Evidence from the Netherlands

I. Semih Akçomak, Bas ter Weel

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, 42 (4), 323-340

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3589

Estimating the Causal Effect of Gun Prevalence on Homicide Rates: A Local Average Treatment Effect Approach

Tomislav Kovandzic, Mark E Schaffer, Gary Kleck

revised version published in: Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2013, 29(4), 477-541

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3497

Rule of Law, Institutional Quality and Information

Randolph Luca Bruno

substantially revised and rewritten version published as 'Tax enforcement, tax compliance and tax morale in transition economies: A theoretical model' in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 56, 193 - 211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3441

From Illegal to Legal: Estimating Previous Illegal Experience among New Legal Immigrants to the United States

Guillermina Jasso, Douglas S. Massey, Mark R. Rosenzweig, James P. Smith

published in: International Migration Review, 2008, 42 (4), 803-843

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3410

Panic on the Streets of London: Police, Crime and the July 2005 Terror Attacks

Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin, Robert Witt

published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (5), 2157-2181

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3395

Prison Conditions and Recidivism

Francesco Drago, Roberto Galbiati, Pietro Vertova

substantially revised version published in: American Law and Economics Review, 2011, 13 (1), 103 - 130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3214

Sex Ratios and Crime: Evidence from China’s One-Child Policy

Lena Edlund, Hongbin Li, Junjian Yi, Junsen Zhang

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95(5), 1520-1534.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2912

The Deterrent Effects of Prison: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Francesco Drago, Roberto Galbiati, Pietro Vertova

revised version published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 117 (2), 257-280

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. 2863

Racial Discrimination Among NBA Referees

Joseph Price, Justin Wolfers

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010, 125(4), 1859-1887

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2710

Unemployment and Gang Crime: Could Prosperity Backfire?

Panu Poutvaara, Mikael Priks

published as 'Unemployment and gang crime: can prosperity backfire?' in: Economics of Governance, 2011, 12 (3), 259 - 273

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2059

Doping and Cheating in Contest-Like Situations

Matthias Kräkel

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 23 (4), 988-1006

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2009

Youth Unemployment and Crime in France

Denis Fougère, Francis Kramarz, Julien Pouget

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7(5), 909-938

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1964

Bureaucratic Rents and Life Satisfaction

Simon Luechinger, Stephan Meier, Alois Stutzer

published in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2008, 24 (2), 476-488

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1949

Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate

John J. Donohue III, Justin Wolfers

published in: Stanford Law Review, 2005, 58(3), 791-845

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1867

The Determinants of Asset Stripping: Theory and Evidence from the Transition Economies

Nauro F. Campos, Francesco Giovannoni

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2006, 49 (2), 681-706

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1853

Crime and Police Resources: The Street Crime Initiative

Stephen Machin, Olivier Marie

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9 (4), 678 - 701

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1721

European Asylum Policy

Timothy J. Hatton

published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2005, 194 (1), 106-119

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1642

U.S. Border Enforcement and the Net Flow of Mexican Illegal Migration

Manuela Angelucci

revised version published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2012, 60 (2), 311-357

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1635

Driving Forces Behind Informal Sanctions

Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher

published in: Econometrica, 2005, 7 (6), 2017-2030

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1381

Living in Two Neighborhoods: Social Interactions in the Lab

Armin Falk, Urs Fischbacher, Simon Gächter

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51 (1), 563–578

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1198

Contract Violations, Neighborhood Effects, and Wage Arrears in Russia

John S. Earle, Klara Sabirianova Peter

revised version published as' Complementarity and Custom in Wage Contract Violation' in: Review of Economicss and Statistics, 2009, 91(4), 832 - 849

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1004

The Effects of Enforcement on Illegal Markets: Evidence from Migrant Smuggling along the Southwestern Border

Christina Gathmann

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (10-11), 1926-1941