The effect of active labor market policies on crime: Incapacitation and program effects

Fallesen, P; Geerdsen, LP; Imai, S; Tranæs, T

The effect of active labor market policies on crime: Incapacitation and program effects

Fallesen, P Geerdsen, LP Imai, S

Tranæs, T

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Labour Economics, 2018, 52 pp. 263 - 286
Issue Date:: 2018-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Fallesen, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Geerdsen, LP	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Imai, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9824-7922	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Tranæs, T	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Labour Economics, 2018, 52 pp. 263 - 286	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0927-5371	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/130469
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 We estimate the effects of active labor market policies on men's crime. To do this, we exploit a local policy change in Denmark that targeted unemployed people without unemployment insurance. Our results show that crime rates decreased among treated men relative to both untreated unemployment insured and uninsured men. Lower property crime accounted for the decrease in overall crime. Increased earnings from higher employment rates cannot explain the decrease in crime. Instead, participation in the active labor market program reduced young men's propensity to commit crime. The results suggest that active labor market programs have substantial secondary effects on criminality.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Labour Economics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.labeco.2018.03.002	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Economics	en_US
dc.title	The effect of active labor market policies on crime: Incapacitation and program effects	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	52	en_US
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics	en_US
utslib.for	1403 Econometrics	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Economics Discipline
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pubs.volume	52	en_US

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© 2018 We estimate the effects of active labor market policies on men's crime. To do this, we exploit a local policy change in Denmark that targeted unemployed people without unemployment insurance. Our results show that crime rates decreased among treated men relative to both untreated unemployment insured and uninsured men. Lower property crime accounted for the decrease in overall crime. Increased earnings from higher employment rates cannot explain the decrease in crime. Instead, participation in the active labor market program reduced young men's propensity to commit crime. The results suggest that active labor market programs have substantial secondary effects on criminality.

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