The origins of intergenerational associations in crime: Lessons from Swedish adoption data

Labour Economics

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-81

  Hjalmarsson, Randi ^a   Lindquist, Matthew J ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adoption; Crime; Illegal behavior; Intergenerational crime; Intergenerational mobility; Risky behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873175773     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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