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Direct linkHeller, Sara B.; Shah, Anuj K.; Guryan, Jonathan; Ludwig, Jens; Mullainathan, Sendhil; Pollack, Harold A. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2015
We present the results of three large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) carried out in Chicago, testing interventions to reduce crime and dropout by changing the decision-making of economically disadvantaged youth. We study a program called Becoming a Man (BAM), developed by the non-profit Youth Guidance, in two RCTs implemented in 2009-10…
Descriptors: Crime, Dropouts, Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth
Weiner, David A.; Lutz, Byron F.; Ludwig, Jens – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009
One of the most striking features of crime in America is its disproportionate concentration in disadvantaged, racially segregated communities. In this paper we estimate the effects of court-ordered school desegregation on crime by exploiting plausibly random variation in the timing of when these orders go into effect across the set of large urban…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, Crime, Urban Schools, School Districts
