SI 2015 Economics of Crime Working Group
Organized by Justin McCrary, Jens Ludwig, Philip J. Cook, and Christine Jolls
July 23-24, 2015
Royal Sonesta Hotel

Thursday, July 23

8:30 am

Legitimate Criminals: How to Build a Drug Empire from Behind Bars

Ben Lessing, University of Chicago

9:30 am

The Boys are Back in Town: The Effects of Child’s Gender on Young Fathers’ Crime

Christian Dustmann, University College London
Rasmus Landerso, Rockwool Foundation

11:00 am

Do Handguns Make Us Safer? A State-Level Synthetic Controls Analysis of Right-to-Carry Laws

John J. Donohue, Stanford University and NBER
Kyle D. Weber, Markerr
Abhay Aneja, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

1:00 pm

The Effects of Youth Employment: Evidence from New York City Summer Youth Employment Program Lotteries

Alexander M. Gelber, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Adam Isen, Johns Hopkins University
Judd Kessler, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

2:30 pm

Do Private Prisons Distort Justice? Evidence on Time Served and Recidivism

Anita Mukherjee, University of Wisconsin - Madison

3:30 pm

The Effect of Police Response Time on Crime Detection

Jordi Blanes, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Tom Kirchmaier, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

4:30 pm

Do Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Addictions and Deaths Related to Pain Killers?

David Powell, RAND Corporation
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, University of Southern California and NBER
Mireille Jacobson, University of Southern California and NBER

Friday, July 24

8:30 am

Reading For Life and Adolescent Re-Arrest: Evaluating a Unique Juvenile Diversion Program

Alesha D. Seroczynski, University of Notre Dame
William N. Evans, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Amy Jobst, Thomas N. Frederick Juvenile Justice Center
Luke Horvath, University of Notre Dame
Giuliana Carozza, University of Notre Dame

9:30 am

Life Unleaded: Effects of Early Interventions for Children Exposed to Lead

Stephen B. Billings, University of Colorado Boulder
Kevin Schnepel, Simon Fraser University

10:30 am

Real Exchange Rate, the Wage Gender Gap and Domestic Violence

Ignacio Munyo, Universidad de Montevideo
Martín Rossi, Universidad de San Andres

11:30 am

Partners in Crime: Schools, Neighborhoods and the Formation of Criminal Networks

Stephen B. Billings, University of Colorado Boulder

1:30 pm

The Effects of Local Police Surges on Crime and Arrests in New York City

John MacDonald, University of Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Fagan, Columbia University
Amanda Geller, University of California, Irvine

2:30 pm

A Tale of Two Crises: Did HIV/AIDS Help Fuel the Crack Epidemic?

Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER
Steven Mello, Dartmouth College and NBER
Jeffrey A. Miron, Harvard University and NBER

3:30 pm

Resource Constraints and the Criminal Justice System: Evidence from Judicial Vacancies

Crystal Yang, Harvard University and NBER