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| Author: | Lochner, L. |
| Title: | Education, work, and crime: A human capital approach |
| Journal: | International Economic Review
2004 : AUG, VOL. 45:3, p. 811-843 |
| Index terms: | Human capital Education Employment Crime Labour markets Labour economics Models Canada |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article develops a model of crime (hereafter as: cr./crs.) in which human capital (here as: h-cap.) increases the opportunity cost of cr. from foregone work and expected costs associated with incarceration. Older, more intelligent, and more educated adults should commit fewer street (unskilled) crs. White collar crs. decline less (or increase) with age and education. Predictions for age–crime and education–crime relationships receive broad empirical support in self-report data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and arrest data from the Uniform Crime Reports. |
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