Public Policy and Crime

Crime and the Labor Market

• Job Sorting and the Labor Market Effects of a Criminal Record (with Louis-Pierre Lepage, Matthew Lindquist, and Conrad Miller). CEPR Discussion Paper 20324; NBER Working Paper 33865

• Hjalmarsson, Randi, Steven Machin, and Paolo Pinotti (2024) “Crime and the Labor Market” in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1st Edition, Volume 5, Eds. Christian Dustmann and Thomas Lemieux, North Holland

Victimization and Rights at Ages 16 and 18

• Bindler, Anna, Randi Hjalmarsson, Nadine Ketel, and Andreea Mitrut (Forthcoming) "Discontinuities in the Age-Victimization Profile and the Determinants of Victimization" Economic Journal,  CEPR Discussion Paper DP  16770

Education and Crime

• Hjalmarsson, Randi (2022) "Social Policies as Crime Control", SNS Research Report. 

• Hjalmarsson, Randi, Helena Holmlund, and Matthew Lindquist, (2015) “The Effect of Education on Criminal Convictions and Incarceration: Causal Evidence from Micro-data,” The Economic Journal, 125, 1290–1326. Also CEPR Discussion Paper # 8646.

•  Randi Hjalmarsson. (2008) “Criminal Justice Involvement and High School Completion”, Journal of Urban Economics, 63: 613-630.

Military Conscription

• Hjalmarsson, Randi and Matthew Lindquist (2019) The Causal Effect of Military Conscription on Crime and the Labor Market,  The Economic Journal, 129(622): 2522-2562. Also CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11110, 2016.  Online Appendix

Capital Punishment

•  Randi Hjalmarsson. (2009) “Does Capital Punishment Have a ‘Local’ Deterrent Effect on Homicides?” American Law and Economics Review, Volume 11(2): 310-334.

Age of Criminal Majority

•   Randi Hjalmarsson. (2009) “Crime and Expected Punishment: Changes in Perceptions at the Age of Criminal Majority.” American Law and Economics Review, Volume 11(1): 209-248. Awarded the American Law and Economics Review Distinguished Article Prize, 2010, for best empirical paper published in the last two years.

Voter Disenfranchisement

•  Randi Hjalmarsson and Mark Lopez (2010). “The Voting Behavior of Disenfranchised Criminals: Would They Vote if They Could?” American Law and Economics Review. 12(2): 265-279.

Abortion

• Hjalmarsson, Randi, Andreea Mitrut and Cristian Pop-ELeches (2021) The Impact of Abortion on Crime and Crime-Related Behavior, Journal of Public Economics, Volume 200. NBER Working Paper 26024 and CEPR Discussion Paper DP 13800.

Gun Regulations

•  Mark Duggan, Randi Hjalmarsson, and Brian Jacob. (2011). “The Short-term and Localized Effect of Gun Shows: Evidence from California and Texas,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 786-799, Volume 93, Number 3. Also NBER Working Paper #14371.