SI 2016 Economics of Crime
Organized by Justin McCrary, Jens Ludwig, and Philip J. Cook
July 28-29, 2016
Royal Sonesta Hotel

Thursday, July 28

Birth Order and Delinquency: Evidence from Denmark and Florida

Sanni N. Breining, Aarhus University
Joseph J. Doyle, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
David N. Figlio, University of Rochester and NBER
Krzysztof Karbownik, Emory University and NBER

8:30 am

HOW DO RIGHT-TO-CARRY LAWS AFFECT CRIME RATES? Coping with Ambiguity using Bounded-Variation Assumptions

Charles F. Manski, Northwestern University and NBER
John Pepper, University of Virginia

9:30 AM

Punishment and (non-)Deterrence: Evidence on First-Time Drug Offenders from Regression Discontinuities

Michael G.. Mueller-Smith, University of Michigan and NBER
Kevin Schnepel, Simon Fraser University

11:00 AM

Racial Bias in Police Investigations

Jeremy D. West, University of California at Santa Cruz

Friday, July 29

8:30 am

The Effects of Pre-Trial Detention on Conviction, Future Crime, and Employment: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Judges

Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER
Jacob S. Goldin, University of Chicago and NBER
Crystal Yang, Harvard University and NBER

9:30 am

Incarceration, Recidivism and Employment

Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER
Gordon Dahl, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Manudeep Bhuller, University of Oslo
Katrine V. Løken, Norwegian School of Economics

11:00 am

Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Statistical Discrimination: A Field Experiment

Amanda Agan, Cornell University and NBER
Sonja B. Starr, University of Chicago

2:00 PM

The Effects of Police Spending on Crime: Evidence from a Regression-Discontinuity Design

Philip J. Cook, Duke University and NBER
Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago and NBER
Douglas L. Miller, Cornell University and NBER

3:30 PM

Predicting Police Violence

Justin McCrary, Columbia University and NBER
Kaushik S. Krishnan, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy