SI 2016 Economics of Crime

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

July 28-29, 2016

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Thursday, July 28
	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 Birth Order and Delinquency: Evidence from Denmark and Florida
8:30 am	Charles F. Manski, Northwestern University and NBER John Pepper, University of Virginia HOW DO RIGHT-TO-CARRY LAWS AFFECT CRIME RATES? Coping with Ambiguity using Bounded-Variation Assumptions
9:30 AM	Michael G.. Mueller-Smith, University of Michigan and NBER Kevin Schnepel, Simon Fraser University Punishment and (non-)Deterrence: Evidence on First-Time Drug Offenders from Regression Discontinuities
11:00 AM	Jeremy D. West, University of California at Santa Cruz Racial Bias in Police Investigations
Friday, July 29
8:30 am	Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER Jacob S. Goldin, University of Chicago and NBER Crystal Yang, Harvard University and NBER The Effects of Pre-Trial Detention on Conviction, Future Crime, and Employment: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Judges
9:30 am	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 Incarceration, Recidivism and Employment
11:00 am	Amanda Agan, Cornell University and NBER Sonja B. Starr, University of Chicago Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Statistical Discrimination: A Field Experiment
2:00 PM	Philip J. Cook, Duke University and NBER Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago and NBER Douglas L. Miller, Cornell University and NBER The Effects of Police Spending on Crime: Evidence from a Regression-Discontinuity Design
3:30 PM	Justin McCrary, Columbia University and NBER Kaushik S. Krishnan, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Predicting Police Violence