Corman, Hope; Dave, Dhaval M.; Reichman, Nancy E. - In: International Review of Law and Economics 40 (2014) C, pp. 1-14
We investigate the effects of broad-based work incentives on female crime by exploiting the welfare reform legislation … analyses on the supply of crime model in the human capital literature which emphasizes the importance of employment prospects … validating that we do not find any substantively or statistically significant effects of welfare reform on crime among males. The …