The Crime Reducing Effect of Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9716191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Machin (0009-0004-8130-2701, University College London and Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics ROA), Olivier Marie (0000-0003-4097-7433, University College London and Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics ROA), Sunčica Vujić (0000-0001-6510-1636, University College London and Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics ROA) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 552 |
| Pages | 463-484 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02430.x |
| OpenAlex | W1571623333 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 111 |
| References cited | 26 |
In this article, we study the crime reducing potential of education, presenting causal statistical estimates based upon a law that changed the compulsory school leaving age in England and Wales. We frame the analysis in a regression-discontinuity setting and uncover significant decreases in property crime from reductions in the proportion of people with no educational qualifications and increases in the age of leaving school that resulted from the change in the law. The findings show that improving education can yield significant social benefits and can be a key policy tool in the drive to reduce crime
Compulsory education · Criminology · Demographic economics · Discontinuity (linguistics · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Frame (networking · Property crime · Regression discontinuity design · Sociology · Statistical evidence · Statistics · Violent crime · Yield (engineering · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Engineering · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Mathematics
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| Unique citing works | 111 |
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| Citations per year | 7,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2027 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 109 |