Economics of Crime Working Group Meeting

Crystal Yang and Jens Ludwig, Organizers

February 2, 2024

Format: The total time of 50 min will be interspersed with Q&A from the audience. The author will be given the first 10 min at the beginning to present uninterrupted.

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, February 2
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Benjamin Feigenberg, University of Illinois Chicago and NBER
Conrad Miller, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Class Disparities and Discrimination in Traffic Stops and Searches (slides)
9:50 am
Andrew Bibler, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Stephen B. Billings, University of Colorado
Stephen Ross, University of Connecticut and NBER

Does School Choice Increase Crime?
10:40 am
Break
10:55 am
Michael G. Mueller-Smith, University of Michigan and NBER
Benjamin Pyle, Boston University
Caroline Walker, US Census Bureau

Estimating the Impact of the Age of Criminal Majority: Decomposing Multiple Treatments in a Regression Discontinuity Framework
11:45 am
Lunch - Charles Suites
12:45 pm
Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Arkey M. Barnett, University of Michigan
Peter Hull, Brown University and NBER
Crystal Yang, Harvard University and NBER

Something Works in U.S. Jails: Misconduct and Recidivism Effects of the IGNITE Program (slides)
1:35 pm
Sofia Amaral, The World Bank
Gordon B. Dahl, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Victoria Endl-Geyer, ifo Institute
Timo Hener, Aarhus University
Helmut Rainer, University of Munich

Deterrence or Backlash? Arrests and the Dynamics of Domestic Violence
2:25 pm
Break
2:40 pm
Ashna Arora, University of Chicago
Zubin Jelveh, University of Maryland

Targeted Interventions for High-Risk Domestic Violence Victims
3:30 pm
Adjourn