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Direct linkLin, Ming-Jen – Journal of Human Resources, 2008
OLS may understate the effect of unemployment on crime because of the endogeneity problem (Raphael and Winter-Ember 2001). In this paper, we use changes in the real exchange rate, state manufacturing sector percentages, and state union membership rates as novel instrumental variables to carry out 2SLS estimations. We find a one-percentage-point…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Crime, Employment Patterns, Manufacturing
Peer reviewedDickinson, Katherine P. – Journal of Human Resources, 1981
The impact of Supported Work on former drug addicts' employment, crime, and drug use is examined. The program was found to increase the earnings of some addicts and reduce ex-addicts' crime rates, but did not affect their recidivism to drugs. (CT)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Crime, Drug Addiction, Employment Patterns
