Publications

Youth Crime and Delinquency In and Out of School

Forthcoming, The Economic Journal.

School Calendar Data for all Secondary Schools in England available here.

Crime and Education

Annual Review of Economics, Volume 17, August 2025, Pages 241-260.

Does Homeownership Reduce Crime? A Radical Housing Reform from the UK

The Economic Journal, Volume 133, Issue 655, October 2023, Pages 2640–2675.

Prices, Policing and Policy: The Dynamics of Crime Booms and Busts

Journal of the European Economic Association, Volume 18, Issue 2, April 2020, Pages 1040–1077.

Autonomous Schools and Strategic Pupil Exclusion

The Economic Journal, Volume 130, Issue 625, January 2020, Pages 125–159.

The when and what of measuring ECE quality: Analysis of variation in the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) across the ECE day

Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Volume 53, 2020, Pages 274-286.

Intended vs Unintended Consequences of Migration Restriction Policies: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Indonesia

 Journal of Economic Geography, Volume 18, Issue 4, 1 July 2018, Pages 915–950.

Returning to returns: revisiting the British education evidence 

Labour Economics, Volume 48, October 2017, Pages 87-104.

Working Papers

Crime and Prices: Evidence From Thefts of Expensive Precious Metals from Cars

Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Public Economics.

Call it Femicide: Legal Recognition, Victim Protection, and Domestic Violence

August 2026, Submitted.

Crime Victims' Children

ROCKWOOL Foundation Discussion Paper, No. 210/26, August 2026.

Compulsory Schooling, School Violence, and Peer Composition

August 2026, Submitted.

Human Capital from Childhood Exposure to Homeownership: Evidence from Right-To-Buy

July 2026, Submitted.

Educated to Be Mothers? School Reform and Demographic Backlash

CESifo Working Paper, No. 12251, November 2025, Submitted.

Book Chapters

Education and Crime 

3rd edition of The Economics of Education: A Comprehensive Overview (forthcoming) .

Migration, Education and Crime: Evidence from 20 Years of Research 

Handbook of Migration and Globalisation, 2nd Edition, 2024.

Migration and Economic Adjustment: Lessons from Indonesia  and the US

Handbook of Migration and Globalisation, 2017.

Work in Progress

Youth Crime and Early Years Intervention: Evidence From Brazil

Productivity and Teamwork: Double Crewing for Police 

Migration in the Time of Crisis: Evidence on its Effectiveness from Indonesia