Do jobs and income-transfer programs affect crime? The answer depends on why one is
asking the question, which shapes what one means by “crime.” Many studies focus on …

Firearm violence is a major threat to global public health and safety. Several individual,
family, peer, community, and societal risk and protective factors determine or modify the risk …

We estimate the effect of losing Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits at age 18 on
criminal justice and employment outcomes over the next two decades. To estimate this …

We investigate the impact of job loss on crime and the mitigating role of unemployment
benefits, exploiting detailed individual‐level data linking employment careers, criminal …

In this paper, we study the effects of the timing of nutritional aid disbursement on crime,
using two main sources of variation:(a) a policy change in Illinois that substantially increased …

This paper analyzes the effects of Denmark's Start Aid welfare reform that targets refugees.
Implemented in 2002, it enables us to study not only the reform's immediate effects but also …

I estimate the effect of access to food stamps on criminal recidivism. In 1996, a federal
welfare reform imposed a lifetime ban from food stamps on convicted drug felons. Florida …

Half of individuals released from prison in the United States will be re-incarcerated within
three years, creating an incarceration cycle that is detrimental to individuals, families, and …

Policymakers and academics in the US have long debated the root determinants of criminal
behavior. In the 1960s, one dominant strain of thought argued that criminal behavior …

We study the labor market impacts of retroactively reducing felonies to misdemeanors in San
Joaquin County, California, where criminal justice agencies implemented Proposition 47 …