The effect of adult criminals' spillovers on the likelihood of youths becoming criminals

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
755
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
C31, K40, K42
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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