NDLI: The importance of family background and neighborhood effects as determinants of crime

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Author	Eriksson, Karin Hederos Hjalmarsson, Randi Lindquist, Matthew J. Sandberg, Anna
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	We quantify the importance of family background and neighborhood effects as determinants of criminal convictions and incarceration by estimating sibling correlations. At the extensive margin, factors common to siblings account for 24 % of the variation in criminal convictions and 39 % of the variation in incarceration. At the intensive margin, these factors typically account for slightly less than half of the variation in prison sentence length and between one third and one half of the variation in criminal convictions, depending on crime type and gender. Further analysis shows that parental criminality and family structure can account for more of the sibling crime correlation than parental income and education or neighborhood characteristics. The lion’s share of the sibling correlation, however, is unaccounted for by these factors. Finally, sibling spacing also matters—more closely spaced siblings are more similar in their criminal behavior.
Starting Page	219
Ending Page	262
Page Count	44
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09331433
Journal	Journal of Population Economics
Volume Number	29
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14321475
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2015-09-14
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Crime Family background Incarceration Neighborhood correlation Prison Sibling correlation Population Economics Labor Economics Demography Social Policy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Demography Economics and Econometrics

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