Fallesen, Peter; Geerdsen, Lars Pico; Imai, Susumu; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In this paper, we estimate the effect of workfare policy on crime by exploiting two exogenous welfare policy changes in … uninsured and unemployment insured men, and part of this decline can be identified as a direct effect of workfare participation …. Moreover, we find that criminal activity was also reduced during weekends, when the workfare programs were closed, allowing us …