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246 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6205
Immigrant Enclaves and Crime
Brian Bell, Stephen Machin
published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2013, 53 (1), 118–141
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6142
The Effect of Education Policy on Crime: An Intergenerational Perspective
Costas Meghir, Mårten Palme, Marieke Schnabel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6042
Fathers and Youth's Delinquent Behavior
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Erdal Tekin
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2014, 12 (2), 327-358
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5995
Re-examining the Impact of Dropping Out on Criminal and Labor Outcomes in Early Adulthood
David J. Bjerk
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31 (1), 110-122
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5813
Theft and Deterrence
William T. Harbaugh, Naci Mocan, Michael S. Visser
published in Journal of Labor Research, 2013, 34(4), 389-407
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5728
The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
John Cawley, Christopher J. Ruhm
published in: Mark V. Pauly, Thomas G. McGuire, and Pedro P. Barros (eds.), Handbook of Health Economics, Volume 2. New York: Elsevier, 2012, 95-199 95-199
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5675
Broadband Internet: An Information Superhighway to Sex Crime?
Manudeep Bhuller, Tarjei Havnes, Edwin Leuven, Magne Mogstad
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80 (4), 1237-1266
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. 5414
Indirect Effects of a Policy Altering Criminal Behaviour: Evidence from the Italian Prison Experiment
Francesco Drago, Roberto Galbiati
revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (2), 199-218
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. 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. 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. 4705
Youth Unemployment: Déjà Vu?
David N.F. Bell, David G. Blanchflower
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. 4347
Terror and the Costs of Crime
Eric D. Gould, Guy Stecklov
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93 (11-12), 1175-1188
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. 3990
Sentence Reductions and Recidivism: Lessons from the Bastille Day Quasi Experiment
Eric Maurin, Aurelie Ouss
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. 3543
Crime and Partnerships
Michael Svarer
reduced version published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (3), 307 - 325
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. 3380
The Impact of Unilateral Divorce on Crime
Julio Cáceres-Delpiano, Eugenio Giolito
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2012, 30 (1) 215 - 248
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3328
Learning Unethical Practices from a Co-worker: The Peer Effect of Jose Canseco
Eric D. Gould, Todd R. Kaplan
published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18(3), 338-348
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. 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. 2063
Does Child Abuse Cause Crime?
Janet Currie, Erdal Tekin
revised version published as 'Understanding the Cycle: Childhood Maltreatment and Future Crime?' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2012, 47 (2), 509-549
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2048
Ugly Criminals
Naci Mocan, Erdal Tekin
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92 (1), 15 - 30
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. 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. 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. 1540
Unemployment and Right-Wing Extremist Crime
Armin Falk, Josef Zweimüller
published (with Andreas Kuhn) in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 2011, 113 (2), 260 - 285
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1179
Trust and Bribery: The Role of the Quid Pro Quo and the Link with Crime
Jennifer Hunt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 932
Guns, Drugs and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Panel of Siblings and Twins
Naci Mocan, Erdal Tekin
published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2006, 49(2), 507-532
IZA Discussion Paper No. 757
Teen Births Keep American Crime High
Jennifer Hunt
published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2006, 49 (2), 533-566
IZA Discussion Paper No. 599
Catholic Schools and Bad Behavior
Naci Mocan, Benjamin Scafidi, Erdal Tekin
published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2006, 5(1), Article 13
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