Juvenile incarceration, human capital, and future crime: Evidence from randomly assigned judges

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 759-804

  Aizer, Anna ^a   Doyle, Joseph J ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929664026     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjv003     Document Type: Article

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