The Effect of Education Policy on Crime: An Intergenerational Perspective

Ulrika Ahrsjš, Costas Meghir (), MŒrten Palme () and Marieke Schnabel ()
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Ulrika Ahrsjš: Stockholm School of Economics
Costas Meghir: Cowles Foundation, Yale University, https://cowles.yale.edu/people/costas-meghir
MŒrten Palme: Stockholm University
Marieke Schnabel: University College London

No 2356R1, Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers from Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University

Abstract: We study the intergenerational effect of education policy on crime. We use Swedish administrative data that links outcomes across generations with crime records, and we show that the comprehensive school reform, gradually implemented between 1949 and 1962, reduced conviction rates both for the generation directly affected by the reform and for their sons. The reduction in conviction rates occurred in many types of crime. The key mediators of this reduction in child generation are an increase in education and household income and a decrease in crime among their fathers.

Pages: 50 pages
Date: 2025-02-16
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