Search for dissertations about: "Susan Niknami"
Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Susan Niknami.
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1. Essays on Inequality and Social Policy : Education, Crime and Health
Abstract : This thesis consists of four empirical essays. The first essay evaluates the impact on crime of a large scale experimental scheme in which all state monopoly alcohol stores in selected Swedish counties kept open on Saturdays. We show that the experiment significantly raised both alcohol sales and crime. READ MORE
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2. Essays on Economic Disadvantage : Criminal Justice, Gender and Social Mobility
Abstract : Youth Crime, Community Service and Labor Market OutcomesCan lifetime trajectories of youth offenders be improved through criminal justice policy? I evaluate the effects of a youth justice reform in Sweden that sharply increased the share of juveniles assigned to court-ordered community service --- i.e. unpaid, low-skilled work. READ MORE