The ‘time-release’, crime-reducing effects of education spending

C-Tier

Journal: Economics Letters

Year: 2021

Volume: 209

Issue: C

Authors (2)

Atems, Bebonchu (not in RePEc) Blankenau, William (Kansas State University)

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0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

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Abstract

We analyze the response of violent and property crime to shocks in government education spending. The effects are significant, delayed, and persistent. This is consistent with government education spending working through the human capital channel in a time-release fashion.

The ‘time-release’, crime-reducing effects of education spending

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