Borradores de Economia
Number:
774
Published:
Classification JEL:
K42, H56, C21
Keywords:
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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Juan Esteban Carranza-Romero, Alejandra González-Ramírez, Mauricio Villamizar-Villegas
Hernán Rincón-Castro, Steven Zapata-Álvarez
Based on individual data on the population of those arrested in Medellín, we assess whether the change in punishment at age 18, mandated by law, has a deterrent effect on arrests. No deterrent effect was found on index, violent or property crimes, but a d