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Publication Date

2023-5

First Advisor

Mariyana Zapryanova

Second Advisor

Pun Winichakul

Document Type

Honors Project

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Economics

Keywords

public school, funding, juvenile crime, education

Abstract

Juvenile crime is a pressing issue in the US, with individuals of age below 18 making up over 5% of all murder offenders across the nation. This paper examines the effect of public school funding on juvenile crime on school premises in New York City. Namely, I use the introduction of Fair Student Funding (FSF) in the 2007-2008 academic year as an exogenous shock to per-student expenditure. By taking the student needs into account, FSF intended to increase the funding for underfunded schools while keeping the allocations the same for overfunded schools. I do not find a statistically significant effect of FSF on juvenile crime on school premises. However, the direction of the coefficient estimates is positive, which indicates that crime might have increased post- FSF. The increase in crime might be explained by the crime-inducing effects of the 2008 financial crisis that was followed by a recession.

Rights

©2023 Lia Mikhelashvili. Access limited to the Smith College community and other researchers while on campus. Smith College community members also may access from off-campus using a Smith College log-in. Other off-campus researchers may request a copy through Interlibrary Loan for personal use.

Language

English

Comments

33 pages : color maps, charts. Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-25).

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