Thinking, fast and slow? Some field experiments to reduce crime and dropout in Chicago

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-54

  Heller, Sara B ^a   Shah, Anuj K ^b   Guryan, Jonathan ^c   Ludwig, Jens ^b   Mullainathan, Sendhil ^d   Pollack, Harold A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85017365864     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjw033     Document Type: Article

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