SI 2015 Economics of Crime Working Group

Justin McCrary, Jens Ludwig, Philip J. Cook, and Christine Jolls, Organizers

July 23-24, 2015

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Thursday, July 23
8:30 am
8:30 am	Legitimate Criminals: How to Build a Drug Empire from Behind Bars
9:30 am
9:30 am	The Boys are Back in Town: The Effects of Child’s Gender on Young Fathers’ Crime
11:00 am
11:00 am	Do Handguns Make Us Safer? A State-Level Synthetic Controls Analysis of Right-to-Carry Laws
1:00 pm
1:00 pm	The Effects of Youth Employment: Evidence from New York City Summer Youth Employment Program Lotteries
2:30 pm
2:30 pm	Do Private Prisons Distort Justice? Evidence on Time Served and Recidivism
3:30 pm
3:30 pm	The Effect of Police Response Time on Crime Detection
4:30 pm
4:30 pm	Do Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Addictions and Deaths Related to Pain Killers?
Friday, July 24
8:30 am
8:30 am	Reading For Life and Adolescent Re-Arrest: Evaluating a Unique Juvenile Diversion Program
9:30 am
9:30 am	Life Unleaded: Effects of Early Interventions for Children Exposed to Lead
10:30 am	Real Exchange Rate, the Wage Gender Gap and Domestic Violence
11:30 am
11:30 am	Partners in Crime: Schools, Neighborhoods and the Formation of Criminal Networks
1:30 pm
1:30 pm	The Effects of Local Police Surges on Crime and Arrests in New York City
2:30 pm
2:30 pm	A Tale of Two Crises: Did HIV/AIDS Help Fuel the Crack Epidemic?
3:30 pm
3:30 pm	Resource Constraints and the Criminal Justice System: Evidence from Judicial Vacancies