The effect of active labor market policies on crime: Incapacitation and program effects
利用丹麦地方政策变化，估计积极劳动力市场政策对无保险失业男性犯罪率的影响，发现参与项目降低了财产犯罪，且效果不能由就业收入增加解释，而是源于项目本身的失能效应。
We estimate the effects of active labor market policies on men’s crime. To do this, we exploit a local policy change in Denmark that targeted unemployed people without unemployment insurance. Our results show that crime rates decreased among treated men relative to both untreated unemployment insured and uninsured men. Lower property crime accounted for the decrease in overall crime. Increased earnings from higher employment rates cannot explain the decrease in crime. Instead, participation in the active labor market program reduced young men’s propensity to commit crime. The results suggest that active labor market programs have substantial secondary effects on criminality.