The effect of education and school quality on female crime
This paper estimates the effects of educational attainment and school quality on crime among American women. Using changes in compulsory schooling laws as instruments and census data, we estimate significant effects of schooling attainment on the probability of incarceration. Using Uniform Crime Rep...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2019
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