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Applied Economics Letters Volume 13, 2006 - Issue 11
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Education and crime: evidence from Italian regions

Paolo Buonanno Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Via dei Caniana 2, 24127, Bergamo, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Leone Leonida Department of Economics, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK
Pages 709-713 | Published online: 02 Feb 2007
 
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Abstract

This study examines the impact of education on criminal activity in Italy. A number of hypotheses are tested regarding the effects of education and past incidence of crime on criminal activity, using annual data for the 20 Italian regions over the period 1980 to 1995. Empirical results show that education is negatively correlated with delinquency and that crime rates display persistence over time. The results are robust to model specifications and endogeneity.

Notes

1 Data obtained by the Official Statistics of Ministero della Giustizia, year 2001.

2 Valle d’Aosta has been aggregated to Piemonte due to its small size.

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