Arbeitspapier
Optimizing Criminal Behavior and the Disutility of Prison
We use rich microdata on bank robberies to estimate individual-level disutilities of imprisonment. The identification rests on the money versus apprehension trade-off that robbers face inside the bank when deciding whether to leave or collect money for an additional minute. The distribution of the disutility of prison is not degenerate, generating heterogeneity in behavior. Our results show that unobserved heterogeneity in ability is important for explaining outcomes in terms of haul and arrest. Furthermore, higher ability robbers are found to have larger disutilities, suggesting that increased sentence lengths might effectively target these more harmful criminals.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 10796
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior: General
Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
- Thema
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sentencing enhancements
severity
deterrence
crime
robberies
disutility of prison
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Mastrobuoni, Giovanni
Rivers, David A.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Mastrobuoni, Giovanni
- Rivers, David A.
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2017
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