Bell, Brian, Costa, Rui and Machin, Stephen 
ORCID: 0009-0004-8130-2701
(2016)
Crime, compulsory schooling laws and education.
Economics of Education Review, 54.
pp. 214-226.
ISSN 0272-7757
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Abstract
Do compulsory schooling laws reduce crime? Previous evidence for the US from the 1960s and 1970s suggests they do, primarily working through their effect on educational attainment to generate a causal impact on crime. In this paper, we consider whether more recent experience replicates this. There are two key findings. First, there is a strong and consistent negative effect on crime from stricter compulsory schooling laws. Second, there is a weaker and sometimes non-existent link between such laws and educational attainment. As a result, credible causal estimates of the education–crime relationship cannot in general be identified for the more recent period, though they can for some groups with lower education levels (in particular, for blacks).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.journals.elsevier.com/economics-of-educ... |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 Elsevier |
| Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology K Law > KD England and Wales L Education > LB Theory and practice of education |
| JEL classification: | I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education K - Law and Economics > K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior > K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2016 12:15 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 01:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/68607 |
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