Code for: Employment and Earnings of Men at High Risk of Gun Violence

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Max Kapustin, Cornell University; Monica P. Bhatt, University of Chicago Crime Lab and Education Lab; Sara B. Heller, University of Michigan; Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago. Booth School of Business; Christopher Blattman, University of Chicago. Harris School of Public Policy

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Project Description

Summary: Since Becker (1968), economists have modelled crime as resulting from higher returns to criminal activity than legal work. Yet contemporary employment data for people engaged in crime is scarce. We surveyed men at extreme risk of gun violence in Chicago about their work in the formal, informal, and criminal sectors. Non-criminal work is common. Two-thirds of respondents specialize solely in the criminal or non-criminal sectors, both earning about minimum wage at the median. Those who mix across sectors typically earn higher wages. We describe workers by type to demonstrate how better understanding sectoral specialization could inform program design.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: employment; violent crime; survey; crime prevention; labor markets

JEL Classification:
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
      J46 Informal Labor Markets
      K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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V1 [2024-05-28]

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