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 |
Ben Lessing, University of Chicago Legitimate Criminals: How to Build a Drug Empire from Behind Bars |
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| 9:30 am | ||
| 9:30 am |
Christian Dustmann, University College London Rasmus Landerso, Rockwool Foundation The Boys are Back in Town: The Effects of Child’s Gender on Young Fathers’ Crime |
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| 11:00 am | ||
| 11:00 am |
John J. Donohue, Stanford University and NBER Kyle D. Weber, Markerr Abhay Aneja, University of California, Berkeley Do Handguns Make Us Safer? A State-Level Synthetic Controls Analysis of Right-to-Carry Laws |
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| 1:00 pm | ||
| 1:00 pm |
Alexander M. Gelber, University of California, San Diego and NBER Adam Isen, Johns Hopkins University Judd Kessler, University of Pennsylvania and NBER The Effects of Youth Employment: Evidence from New York City Summer Youth Employment Program Lotteries |
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| 2:30 pm | ||
| 2:30 pm |
Anita Mukherjee, University of Wisconsin - Madison Do Private Prisons Distort Justice? Evidence on Time Served and Recidivism |
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| 3:30 pm | ||
| 3:30 pm |
Jordi Blanes, London School of Economics Tom Kirchmaier, London School of Economics The Effect of Police Response Time on Crime Detection |
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| 4:30 pm | ||
| 4:30 pm |
David Powell, RAND Corporation Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, University of Southern California and NBER Mireille Jacobson, University of Southern California and NBER Do Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Addictions and Deaths Related to Pain Killers? |
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| Friday, July 24 | ||
| 8:30 am | ||
| 8:30 am |
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 Reading For Life and Adolescent Re-Arrest: Evaluating a Unique Juvenile Diversion Program |
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| 9:30 am | ||
| 9:30 am |
Stephen B. Billings, University of Colorado Kevin Schnepel, Simon Fraser University Life Unleaded: Effects of Early Interventions for Children Exposed to Lead |
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| 10:30 am |
Ignacio Munyo, Universidad de Montevideo Martín Rossi, Universidad de San Andres Real Exchange Rate, the Wage Gender Gap and Domestic Violence |
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| 11:30 am | ||
| 11:30 am |
Stephen B. Billings, University of Colorado Partners in Crime: Schools, Neighborhoods and the Formation of Criminal Networks |
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| 1:30 pm | ||
| 1:30 pm |
John MacDonald, University of Pennsylvania Jeffrey Fagan, Columbia University Amanda Geller, University of California, Irvine The Effects of Local Police Surges on Crime and Arrests in New York City |
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| 2:30 pm | ||
| 2:30 pm |
Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER Steven Mello, Dartmouth College and NBER Jeffrey A. Miron, Harvard University and NBER A Tale of Two Crises: Did HIV/AIDS Help Fuel the Crack Epidemic? |
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| 3:30 pm | ||
| 3:30 pm |
Crystal Yang, Harvard University and NBER Resource Constraints and the Criminal Justice System: Evidence from Judicial Vacancies |
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