We study the labor market impacts of retroactively reducing felonies to misdemeanors in San
Joaquin County, California, where criminal justice agencies implemented Proposition 47 …

As millions of soldiers deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021, Veteran
Affairs Disability Compensation payments quadrupled and the veteran suicide rate rose …

Using both the onset of the US-China trade war in 2018 and the most recent Russia-Ukraine
war and associated trade tensions, we show a counterintuitive pattern in global trade …

We investigate whether removing a previously-obtained criminal record improves
employment outcomes. We estimate the causal impact of criminal record remediation laws …

Many jurisdictions levy sizable fines and fees (legal financial obligations, or LFOs) on
criminal defendants. Proponents argue LFOs are a “tax on crime” that funds courts and …

The criminal justice system affects millions of Americans through criminal convictions and
incarceration. In this paper, we introduce a new method for credibly estimating the effects of …

While prior studies find that media attention influences how prosecutors handle a specific
case, there is a dearth of research examining the impact of media attention on prosecutors' …

We examine 70,581 felony court cases filed in Chicago, IL, from 1990–2007. We exploit
case randomization to assess the impact of judge assignment and sentencing decisions on …

The economics of crime has emerged as a critical field over the past 30 years, with
economists increasingly exploring the causes and consequences of criminal behavior. This …

We estimate the causal effects of parental incarceration on children's short-and long-run
outcomes using administrative data from Sweden. Our empirical strategy exploits …