The Returns to Criminal Capital

American Sociological Review

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 925-948

  Loughran, Thomas A ^a   Nguyen, Holly ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^b   Fagan, Jeffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c The Earth Institute at Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

criminal capital; illegal earnings; sample selection; social capital

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WAGE;

EID: 84888229734     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122413505588     Document Type: Article

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