Job displacement and crime: Evidence from Norwegian register data
We estimate the job displacement effect on criminal behavior for young adult Norwegian men separated from their plant of employment during a mass layoff. Displaced workers experience a 20 percent increase in criminal charge rates in the year of displacement, with effects declining thereafter. Effect...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier B.V.
2019
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