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

Borradores de Economia
Número: 
755
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
C31, K40, K42
Palabras clave: 
Crime, Social Interactions
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We use a unique data set at the individual level to estimate an empirical model explaining the probability of young individuals to become criminals as a function of the presence of adult criminals in their neighborhoods, an a complete set of control varia