Does growing up in a high crime neighborhood affect youth criminal behavior?

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1806-1832

  Damm, Anna Piil ^a   Dustmann, Christian ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84904430208     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.6.1806     Document Type: Article

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