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| Title: | | The effect of education policy on crime: An intergenerational perspective  |
| Authors: | | Meghir, Costas Palme, Mårten Schnabel, Marieke |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion Paper series, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 6142 |
| Abstract: | | A number of studies have shown that education reforms extending compulsory schooling reduce criminal behavior of those affected by the reform. We consider the effects of a major Swedish educational reform on crime by exploiting its staggered implementation across Sweden. We first show that the reform reduced crime rates for the generation directly affected by the reform. We then show that the benefits extended to the next generation with large reductions in the crime rates of the children of those affected. The effect operates only through the father and points in the direction of improved parenting rather than resources. |
| Subjects: | | comprehensive school economics of crime returns to education returns to human capital |
| JEL: | | I20 I21 I28 K42 N34 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-2012010913628 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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