The Crime Reducing Effect of Education

Steve Machin; Olivier Marie; Sunčica Vujić

The Crime Reducing Effect of Education

Steve Machin, Olivier Marie, Sunčica Vujić

Department of Economics

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In this paper, we study the crime reducing potential of education, presenting causal statistical estimates based upon a law that changed the compulsory school leaving age in England and Wales. We frame the analysis in a regression-discontinuity setting and uncover significant decreases in property crime from reductions in the proportion of people with no educational qualifications and increases in the age of leaving school that resulted from the change in the law. The findings show that improving education can yield significant social benefits and can be a key policy tool in the drive to reduce crime.

Original language	English
Publication status	Unpublished - 16 Jul 2010
Event	Symposium "Causality in Educational Research" - Jena, Germany Duration: 14 Jul 2010 → 16 Jul 2010

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Conference	Symposium "Causality in Educational Research"
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Jena
Period	14/07/10 → 16/07/10

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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