Reducing Crime and Violence : Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia

The paper shows that self-control, time preferences, and values are malleable in adults, and that investments in these skills and preferences reduce crime and violence. The authors recruited criminally-engaged Liberian men and randomized half to ei...

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Main Authors: Blattman, Christopher, Jamison, Julian C., Sheridan, Margaret
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26252254/reducing-crime-violence-experimental-evidence-adult-noncognitive-investments-liberia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24222

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