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Author: Sanga, Sarath
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1. Sanga, Sarath
Essays in Law and Economics
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2011.
Also: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5w57z5cr
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
Keyword(s): Arrests; Crime; State-Level Data/Policy; Transition, Adulthood

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Chapter 2, which is coauthored with Justin McCrary, presents evidence from six data sets on the participation of youth in crime near the age of criminal majority. The evidence suggests smooth behavior through the transition to adulthood, despite substantial changes in punitiveness, and is consistent with small deterrence effects of long prisons sentences for young offenders.
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Sanga, Sarath. Essays in Law and Economics. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2011..