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It's impossible to look at this and not think, "we had this thing beat in the Spring of 2021..."
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21 Jul
My latest (with @KalMunis, Bradshaw, Rabinowitz, and Ialongo) is out today at Prevention Science.

Using a RCT, we show that high quality childhood education programs increase voter turnout in adulthood *a lot*.

link.springer.com/article/10.100…
This new article conceptually replicates/extends my previously published 2017 article at the @apsrjournal that shows that helping kids develop their "noncognitive" skills has long term payoffs in terms of increasing adult voter turnout.

cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Our work contributes to research on political socialization and reinforces childhood as a critical period in helping young people become active voters.
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19 Jul
Can you guess what happens when an adult entertainment establishment opens in a neighborhood?

Sex crimes decline by 13% as a direct result.

Why?

"Potential sex offenders frequent [adult entertainment] establishments rather than committing [sex] crimes"

academic.oup.com/ej/advance-art…
"The Effect of Adult Entertainment Establishments on Sex Crime: Evidence from New York City"

academic.oup.com/ej/advance-art…
Some criticisms this paper are popping up in the replies. I'll link them below. Not my area of expertise, so I'll let others adjudicate.

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17 Jan
Does raising the minimum wage reduce the number of low-wage jobs?

No.

"We also find no evidence of disemployment when we consider higher levels of minimum wages."

academic.oup.com/qje/article/13… ImageImageImageImage
Minimum wage increases reduce crime.

nber.org/papers/w25116 ImageImageImageImage
When you increase the minimum wage, you decrease infant mortality among poor families.

pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1a26/542488b22… ImageImageImageImage
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