TY  - JOUR
AU  - Witte,Ann Dryden
AU  - Tauchen,Helen
TI  - Work and Crime: An Exploration Using Panel Data
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 4794
PY  - 1994
Y2  - July 1994
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4794
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4794.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Ann Dryden Witte
500 SE Mizner Blvd., # A904
Boca Raton, FL 33432
Tel: 561 361 4398
E-Mail: awitte@wellesley.edu
AB  - In this paper we explore the relationship between crime and work using data for a cohort sample of young men.  We find that working and going to school significantly decrease the probability of committing criminal acts and by virtually identical amounts.  Parochial school education and higher IQ are also significantly associated with lower criminal proclivities, but a high school degree has no significant effect.  These findings, in conjunction with other research, suggest that participation in legitimate activities (employment or school) per se has a greater effect on criminal behavior than does the higher income associated with employment or educational attainment.
ER  -