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Conceptualising Informality : Regulation and Enforcement

Kanbur, Ravi - 2009

specified regulation(s). Relative to the regulation(s), four conceptual categories that can help frame the analysis are: (A …) regulation applicable and compliant, (B) regulation applicable and non-compliant, (C) regulation non-applicable after adjustment … of activity, and (D) regulation non-applicable to the activity. Rather than use the generic labels 'informal' and 'formal …

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Slippery Fish : Enforcing Regulation Under Subversive Adaptation

Gonzalez Lira, Andres - 2019

Attempts to curb illegal activity through regulation gets complicated when agents can adapt to circumvent enforcement …

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The Political Cost of Lockdown'S Enforcement

Fazio, Andrea; Reggiani, Tommaso; Sabatini, Fabio - 2021

We study how the political cost of enforcing a lockdown in response to the COVID- 19 outbreak relates to citizens' propensity for altruistic punishment in Italy, the early epicenter of the pandemic. Approval for the government's management of the crisis decreases with the amount of the penalties...

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Effects of Unionization on Workplace-Safety Enforcement : Regression-Discontinuity Evidence

Sojourner, Aaron - 2016

We study how union certification affects the enforcement of workplace-safety laws. To generate credible causal estimates, a regression discontinuity design compares outcomes in establishments where unions barely won representation elections to outcomes in establishments where union barely lost...

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Avoiding Convictions : Regression Discontinuity Evidence on Court Deferrals for First-Time Drug Offenders

Mueller-Smith, Michael - 2017

This paper studies the causal impact of court deferrals, a legal strategy to help defendants avoid a felony conviction record, on the future criminal and labor market outcomes of first-time felony drug offenders. To accomplish this, we exploit two natural experiments in Harris County, Texas, in...

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Immigration Enforcement and Foster Care Placements

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina - 2017

Tougher immigration enforcement has been responsible for approximately 1.8 million deportations between 2009 and 2013 alone. Children enter the foster care system when their parents are apprehended, deported and unable to care for them. We find that the average increase in interior immigration...

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Enforcement of Labor Regulation and the Labor Market Effects of Trade : Evidence from Brazil

Ulyssea, Gabriel - 2018

How does enforcement of labor regulations shape the labor market effects of trade? To tackle this question, we exploit the Brazilian trade liberalization episode and exogenous variation in the intensity of both the trade shock and enforcement across local labor markets. Regions with stricter...

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Salience of Law Enforcement : A Field Experiment

Dur, Robert A. J. - 2018

We conduct a field experiment to examine whether the deterrent effect of law enforcement depends on the salience of law enforcement activity. Our focus is on illegal disposal of household garbage in residential areas. At a random subset of 56 locations in a mid-sized city, law enforcement...

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Prices, Policing and Policy : The Dynamics of Crime Booms and Busts

Kirchmaier, Tom - 2018

In many historical episodes, the extent of criminal activity has displayed booms and busts. One very clear example is the case of metal crime, where in the face of big increases in value driven by world commodity prices, the incidence of metal thefts in the UK (and elsewhere) rose very sharply...

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Collective Bargaining Rights, Policing, and Civilian Deaths

Cunningham, Jamein; Feir, Donna; Gillezeau, Rob - 2021

Do collective bargaining rights for law enforcement result in more civilian deaths at the hands of the police? Using an event-study design, we find that the introduction of duty to bargain requirements with police unions has led to a significant increase in non-white civilian deaths at the hands...

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