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Andres, Leander; Bauernschuster, Stefan; Dahl, Gordon B.; … - 2026

This paper studies the impact of birthright citizenship on youth crime. We leverage a reform which automatically granted birthright citizenship to eligible immigrant children born in Germany after January 1, 2000 and administrative crime data from three federal states. Immigrant youth who...

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Birthright citizenship and youth crime

Andres, Leander; Bauernschuster, Stefan; Dahl, Gordon B.; … - 2026 - This version: January 12, 2026

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Birthright citizenship and youth crime

Andres, Leander; Bauernschuster, Stefan; Dahl, Gordon B.; … - 2026

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The intergenerational costs of crime : evidence from maternal victimization in Brazil

Menezes, Lívia; Koppensteiner, Martin - 2026

We study the causal effect of maternal criminal victimization on child health using linked police reports and birth records from Brazil. Focusing on robbery and theft - everyday crimes not involving physical injury - we show that victimization during pregnancy increases low birthweight by 6.9...

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Disparate treatment of the Irish in 19th century English courtrooms

Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Machin, Stephen; … - 2026

This paper studies how and why anti-Irish sentiment in 19th century England spills over onto jury decisions at London's Old Bailey Central Criminal Court. We classify the (perceived) ethnicity of courtroom participants according to whether they have distinctly Irish or English surnames based on...

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Disparate treatment of the Irish in 19th century English courtrooms

Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Machin, Stephen; … - 2026

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Disparate treatment of the Irish in 19th century English courtrooms

Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Machin, Stephen; … - 2026

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Cannabis use largely stable following partial legalization : cocaine use has been on the rise for several years

Bindler, Anna; Stoica, Andreea-Maria - 2026

Two years after the partial legalization of cannabis, this Weekly Report examines current developments in the German cannabis and other illicit drug markets. The analysis is based on police crime statistics, survey data, wastewater data, and price information. The number of recorded cannabis and...

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Paying disadvantaged teenagers to stay in school

Britton, Jack; Ridpath, Nick; Villa, Carmen; Waltmann, Ben - 2026

We evaluate the Education Maintenance Allowance, a large conditional cash transfer scheme that paid low-income teenagers in England to remain in education beyond age 16. Using the staggered national roll-out of the programme and linked administrative data tracking education, earnings, welfare...

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Sentencing severity, victim behaviour, and the prevention of domestic violence

Costa, Rui; Masi, Olivia; Ribeiro, Beatriz; Sandi, Matteo - 2026

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From custody to community : post-release supervision and re-offending

Gehrsitz, Markus; Grant, Sam; McIntyre, Stuart - 2026

Many criminal offenders are managed in the community. We combine a natural experiment with administrative data from England and Wales to assess a key community correctional policy: post-release supervision. We find that supervision reduces re-offending in the first four weeks after prison...

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Intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration : risk factors and consequences

Karimi, Arizo; Niknami, Susan; Ornstein, Petra; … - 2026

Using large-scale Swedish administrative data, we study the risk factors and causal consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV perpetrators and victims are disproportionately drawn from disadvantaged backgrounds, and sibling correlations indicate that family background accounts for...

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Thieves around the stadium : comparing the effects of football and soccer on crime

Budner, Jeremy; Schneider, Rodrigo - 2026

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Justice efficiency and crime deterrence

Denti, Daria; Di Cataldo, Marco - 2026

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To catch a thief : endogenous policing and choice of location by criminals

Bandyopadhyay, Siddhartha; Cabrales, Antonio; Das, Kaustav - 2026

This paper develops a tractable model of offender location choice and police resource allocation across multiple areas. Individuals differ in the cost of apprehension and choose whether to commit crime and, if so, where. Each area contains a fixed value of criminal opportunities, so offenders...

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To catch a thief : endogenous policing and choice of location by criminals

Bandyopadhyay, Siddhartha; Cabrales, Antonio; Das, Kaustav - 2026

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Too risky for businesses? : examining the relationship between crime and firm registrations in India

Biswas, Shreya; Jain, Ritika - 2025

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What happened when California suspended bail during COVID?

Premkumar, Deepak; Skelton, Andrew; Lofstrom, Magnus; … - 2025

The efficacy and fairness of cash bail in promoting public safety has been a prominent policy question in recent years, but it is difficult to rigorously estimate the effects of bail, particularly at the state level, because of a lack of exogenous variation. California responded to the COVID...

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The impact of refugees on crime : evidence from Syrian influx in Türkiye by nativity of perpetrators and victims

Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Öztek, Abdullah Selim - 2025

This paper studies the causal effect of immigration on crime in the context of the massive influx of Syrians to Türkiye, using comprehensive data that spans all stages of the judicial process - from prosecution to incarceration - and includes information on the nativity status of both...

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Youth crime and delinquency in and out of school

Boshoff, Janine; Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2025

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Youth crime and delinquency in and out of school

Boshoff, Janine; Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2025

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Youth crime and delinquency in and out of school

Boshoff, Janine; Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2025

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Why higher pay leads to more crime

Papps, Kerry L. - 2025

The effects on criminal behaviour of raising the minimum wage for those aged 25 and over in the United Kingdom are analysed, using data on police stop and search activities. A 1% increase in the minimum wage raises the fraction of people stopped by the police by 2.96%, the fraction of people...

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Why Higher Pay Leads to More Crime

Papps, Kerry L. - 2025

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Reversing the school to prison pipeline : the impact of an adult high school program

Merola, Emily; Phillips, David C.; Turner, Patrick S. - 2025

The criminal justice system primarily arrests and incarcerates people without high school diplomas. We estimate the causal effect of a high school diploma on criminal justice system contact for a set of people who previously exited high school but then attended The Excel Center (TEC), a network...

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The effect of income polarization on crime : evidence from court judicial documents in China

Liu, Jingqi; Wang, Chen; Wang, Yuzhou - 2025

Crime affects social stability and people's safety, and directly increases the cost of urban development. Existing literature shows that income distribution affects crime, but it mainly focuses on the effect of income inequality and poverty, with scant evidence addressing the impact of income...

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Cannabis regulations and crime: a meta-analysis

Castillo, María; Suescún Salazar, Cecilia; Weintraub, … - 2025

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Welfare programs and crime spillovers

Jinkins, David; Kuka, Elira; Labanca, Claudio - 2025

Research on the social safety net examines its effects on recipients and their families. We show that these effects extend beyond recipients’ families. Using a regression discontinuity design and administrative data, we study a Danish policy that cut welfare benefits for refugees, increasing...

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Welfare Programs and Crime Spillovers

Jinkins, David; Kuka, Elira; Labanca, Claudio - 2025

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On prison systems

O'Flaherty, Brendan; Sethi, Rajiv - 2025

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Cooperative banks and crime : a provincial-level analysis

Cafiso, Gianluca; Martorana, Marco - 2025

We investigate the extent to which crime, and the inability to effectively suppress it, affect the performance of local banks in terms of credit extension, asset quality, and profitability. The analysis focuses on cooperative banks in Italy, typically small institutions with strong ties to their...

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Social and regional inequalities in the sense of safety in Germany

Bindler, Anna; Walther, Hannah - 2025

The public's perceived sense of safety influences many domains in significant ways: It impacts individual behavior, life quality, consumption behavior, and even political views as well as government action. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the German Federal Government's 2024...

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High-profile attacks, regimes of criminal governance and foreign direct investment in Mexico

Ibarra Olivo, José Eduardo; Ley, Sandra; Meseguer … - 2025

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Economic clues to crime : insights from Mongolia

Ganbold, Dagvasuren; Jamsranjav, Enkhbayar; Kim, Young-Rae - 2025

This paper examines the dynamic relationship between economic indicators, law enforcement mechanisms, and property-related crimes in Mongolia using a time-series econometric approach. Relying on the theoretical frameworks of Becker’s economic model of crime and Cantor and Land’s...

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The impact of rainfall-induced income shocks on crime : evidence from Indonesia

Hardiman, Allen - 2025

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Spatial mobility, economic opportunity, and crime

Khanna, Gaurav; Medina, Carlos; Nyshadham, Anant; … - 2025

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Spatial mobility, economic opportunity, and crime

Khanna, Gaurav; Nyshadham, Anant; Ramos-Menchelli, Daniel; … - 2023

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Identity under scrutiny : media attention and rule compliance

Sardoschau, Sulin; Gulino, Giorgio; Masera, Federico - 2025

How does media coverage of minorities affect their rule compliance? Using data from 800,000 random audits at supermarket self-checkouts in Italy, we show that heightened refugee media coverage reduces under-reporting of items among shoppers born in major refugee-source countries, but not other...

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Better stealing than dealing : how do felony theft thresholds impact crime?

Billings, Stephen B.; Makowsky, Michael D.; Schnepel, … - 2025

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The impact of crime on public transportation demand : evidence from six Latin American capitals

De Martini, Santiago; González, Juan B.; … - 2025

Public urban transportation systems are essential for mitigating climate change, leading policymakers to intensify efforts to boost ridership. However, there is not much evidence showing up to what extent, in regions with high crime rates like Latin America, safety perception could limit these...

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Crime in the dark : role of electricity rationing

Imelda; Guo, Xiaoying - 2024

In many developing and emerging economies, frequent power outages are often a consequence of electricity rationing, stemming from the insufficient generation capacity to meet peak demand. In an effort to minimize the disruption caused by sudden power outages, utilities often implement scheduled...

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Mental health support teams in schools : evidence and assumptions

MacLennan, Sara - 2024

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Unintended consequences of welfare cuts on children and adolescents

Dustmann, Christian; Landersø, Rasmus; Andersen, Lars … - 2024

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Unintended consequences of welfare cuts on children and adolescents

Dustmann, Christian; Landersø, Rasmus; Andersen, Lars … - 2024

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Unintended consequences of welfare cuts on children and adolescents

Dustmann, Christian; Landersø, Rasmus; Andersen, Lars … - 2024

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A model of competing gangs in networks

Poindron, Alexis; Allouch, Nizar - 2024

Two groups produce a network good perceived by a third party, such as a police or military institution, as a "public bad", referred to as "crime" for simplicity. These two groups, considered mafias, are assumed to be antagonists, whether they are enemies or competitors in the same market,...

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Killing growth : homicides and corporate investment in Brazil

Loncan, Tiago Rodrigues - 2024

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Local crime and early marriage : evidence from India

Sarkar, Sudipa - 2024

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Local crime and early marriage: Evidence from India

Sarkar, Sudipa - 2021

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Local crime and early marriage : evidence from India

Sarkar, Sudipa - 2021

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Business disruptions due to social vulnerability and criminal activities in urban areas

Drydakis, Nick - 2024

This study investigates the relationship between social vulnerability, illegal activities, and location-based business disruptions in Athens, the capital of Greece. The research utilises repeated cross-sectional data from 2008, 2014, and 2023, gathered from areas with high levels of criminal...

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Business Disruptions Due to Social Vulnerability and Criminal Activities in Urban Areas

Drydakis, Nick - 2024

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Business Disruptions Due to Social Vulnerability and Criminal Activities in Urban Areas

Drydakis, Nick - 2024

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Business disruptions due to social vulnerability and criminal activities in urban areas

Drydakis, Nick - 2024

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Crime and education

Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2025

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Crime and education

Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2025

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Crime and education

Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2024

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Crime and education

Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2024

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Crime and education

Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2024

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The effect of crime on mental health in South Africa

Tsaneva, Magda; LaPlante, Lauren-Kate - 2024

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Renewable energy, social disruption and formalising the social licence to operate in South Africa

Mabele, Bernard; Marais, Lochner; Balta-Ozkan, Nazmiye; … - 2024

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Small children, big problems : childbirth and crime

Britto, Diogo G. C.; Rocha, Roberto Hsu; Pinotti, Paolo; … - 2024

We investigate the effect of having a child on parents' criminal behavior using rich administrative data from Brazil. Fathers' criminal activity sharply increases by up to 10% during the pregnancy period, and by up to 30% two years after birth, while mothers experience only a transitory decline...

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Small children, big problems : childbirth and crime

Britto, Diogo G. C.; Rocha, Roberto Hsu; Pinotti, Paolo; … - 2024

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Small children, big problems : childbirth and crime

Britto, Diogo G. C.; Rocha, Roberto Hsu; Pinotti, Paolo; … - 2024

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Social assistance and refugee crime

Auer, Daniel; Slotwinski, Michaela; Ahrens, Achim; … - 2024

Despite intense policy debates, the relationship between social welfare and refugee crime remains understudied. Taking steps to address this gap, our study focuses on Switzerland, where mobility restrictions on exogenously assigned refugees coincide with cantons’ autonomy in setting social...

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Female mayors and corruption scandals : an RDD approach with Italian data

Foresta, Alessandra - 2024

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Religiosity and crime : evidence from a city-wide shock

Lee, Wang-Sheng; Khalil, Umair; Johnston, David - 2024

This paper estimates the impacts of religiosity on criminal activity using a city-wide shock to religious sentiment from a 2015 Papal visit. Using daily data on all reported offences between 2010 and 2015 in Philadelphia at the census tract level and a difference-in-differences approach, we...

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Optimal law enforcement when individuals are either moral or norm followers

Fluet, Claude; Friehe, Tim - 2024

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Whistle-blowing and the incentive to hire

Mot, Jef de; Mungan, Murat C. - 2024

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Crime over the welfare payment cycle

Stam, Marco T. C.; Knoef, Marike G.; Ramakers, Anke A. T. - 2024

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Inmate assistance programs

Friehe, Tim; Mungan, Murat C. - 2024

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From parents' cradle to children's career : intergenerational effects of parental investments

Vries, Sander de; Ketel, Nadine; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2024

There is a clear consensus that childhood experiences shape adult success, yet there is limited understanding of their impact on future generations. We proxy parental investments during childhood with birth order and study whether disadvantages due to lower investments are transmitted to future...

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