Why are criminals less educated than non-criminals? Evidence from a cohort of young Australian twins

This paper investigates the question whether crime reduces investment in human capital or whether education reduces criminal activity by using fixed effect estimation on data of Australian twins. The study takes genetic and socio-economic factors shared by the twins into account.�We find that early...

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Autor principal: Dinand Webbink (Autor)
Otros Autores: Suncica Vujic ; Pierre Koning ; N. Martin
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