The externalities of crime: The effect of criminal involvement of parents on the educational attainment of their children

I. Rud, Chris Klaveren and Groot, W. and Maassen van den Brink, H.

No 44, Working Papers from Top Institute for Evidence Based Education Research

Abstract: The empirical literature on education and crime suggests that both criminal behavior and educational attainment are transferred from parents to children. However, the impact of criminal involvement of parents on educational outcomes of children tends to be ignored, even though the entailed social costs may be substantial. This study examines the effects of parents‟ criminal involvement on the educational attainment of their children. A multinomial probit model is applied in combination with a Mahalanobis matching approach to identify this effect. The findings suggest that having criminally involved parents: (1) increases the probability of only finishing primary education by 8 percentage points, and (2) decreases the probability of having a higher education degree by 13 percentage points.

Keywords: Educational attainment; Criminal involvement; Intergenerational effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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