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Why Does Education Reduce Crime? CEP Discussion Paper No. 1566
- Source :
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Centre for Economic Performance . 2018. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Prior research shows reduced criminality to be a beneficial consequence of education policies that raise the school leaving age. This paper studies how crime reductions occurred in a sequence of state-level dropout age reforms enacted between 1980 and 2010 in the United States. These reforms changed the shape of crime-age profiles, reflecting both a temporary incapacitation effect and a more sustained, longer run crime reducing effect. In contrast to the previous research looking at earlier US education reforms, crime reduction does not arise solely as a result of education improvements, and so the observed longer run effect is interpreted as dynamic incapacitation. Additional evidence based on longitudinal data combined with an education reform from a different setting in Australia corroborates the finding of dynamic incapacitation underpinning education policy-induced crime reduction.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2042-2695
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Centre for Economic Performance
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- ED593178
- Document Type :
- Reports - Research