@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp16523,
            	author={Borbely, Daniel and Gehrsitz, Markus and McIntyre, Stuart and Rossi, Gennaro},
            	title={Permanent School Closures and Crime: Evidence from Scotland},
            	year={2023},
	month={Oct},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={16523},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16523},
	abstract={In this article we study the effects of permanent school closures on crime. We leverage the closure of over 300 schools in Scotland between the school years 2006/07 and 2018/19, and employ a staggered difference-in-differences design on a matched sample. We find that neighbourhoods affected by school closures experience a reduction in crime of about 9% of a standard deviation, relative to areas where schools remained open. This effect is mainly driven by a reduction in violent and property crimes. We provide evidence on several mechanisms explaining the negative crime effect, such as changes in neighbourhood composition and reductions in school-level segregation.},
	keywords={crime;school closures;neighbourhoods},
            }