Welfare Activation and Youth Crime
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- Bernt Bratsberg & Øystein Hernæs & Simen Markussen & Oddbjørn Raaum & Knut Røed, 2019. "Welfare Activation and Youth Crime," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 101(4), pages 561-574, October.
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Keywords
social assistance; youth crime; activation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
- I29 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Other
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2018-09-24 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-PBE-2018-09-24 (Public Economics)
- NEP-URE-2018-09-24 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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