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The Effect of Education on Criminal Convictions and Incarceration: Causal Evidence from Micro-data

Randi Hjalmarsson; Helena Holmlund; Matthew J. Lindquist · 2014 · The Economic Journal

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This article studies the causal effect of educational attainment on conviction and incarceration using Sweden's compulsory schooling reform as an instrument for years of schooling and a 70% sample from Sweden's Multigenerational Register…

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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1111/ecoj.12204