Essays on crime and discrimination
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation consists of three essays. "The Visible Hand: Race and Online Market Outcomes" (with Luke C.D. Stein) considers the results of a year-long online field experiment testing the effects of a seller's race on market outcomes. We find that black sellers receive fewer offers and lower bids, but that results differ across market types. "The Effects of DNA Databases on Crime" provides the first rigorous empirical evidence of the impact of DNA databases on crime. By increasing the probability of catching repeat offenders, increasing the size of a state DNA database decreases several crime rates. Based on the individual-level analysis, this effect appears to be driven primarily by incapacitation, not deterrence. "Under the Cover of Darkness: The Effect of Daylight Saving Time on Violent Crime" (with Nicholas J. Sanders) tests the hypothesis that shifting an hour of daylight from (low-crime) morning hours to (high-crime) evening hours reduces violent street crime such as robbery. We find that robbery rates fall by about 36% during the treated hour, without a corresponding increase at other times.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Doleac, Jennifer Leigh |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Economics |
| Primary advisor | Bernheim, B. Douglas |
| Primary advisor | Hoxby, Caroline Minter |
| Thesis advisor | Bernheim, B. Douglas |
| Thesis advisor | Hoxby, Caroline Minter |
| Thesis advisor | Abramitzky, Ran |
| Advisor | Abramitzky, Ran |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Jennifer L. Doleac. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Economics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2012. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2012 by Jennifer Leigh Doleac
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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