Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250578 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14917
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Many rights are conferred on Dutch youth at ages 16 and 18. Using national register data for all reported victimizations, we find sharp and discontinuous increases in victimization rates at these ages: about 13% for both genders at 16 and 9% (15%) for males (females) at 18. These results are comparable across subsamples (based on socio-economic and neighborhood characteristics) with different baseline victimization risks. We assess potential mechanisms using data on offense location, cross-cohort variation in the minimum legal drinking age driven by a 2014 reform, and survey data of alcohol/drug consumption and mobility behaviors. We conclude that the bundle of access to weak alcohol, bars/clubs and smoking increases victimization at 16 and that age 18 rights (hard alcohol, marijuana coffee shops) exacerbate this risk; vehicle access does not play an important role. Finally, we do not find systematic spillover effects onto individuals who have not yet received these rights.
Subjects: 
victimization
crime
youth
youth protection laws
alcohol
inequality
RDD
JEL: 
K42
K36
J13
I12
I14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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