The effect of education on in-prison conflict: evidence from Argentina
Using census data for Argentine prisons for the period 2002-2005, this paperpresents evidence of the positive e¤ect that prisoner education programs (pri-mary and some part of secondary schooling) have on in prison conflictivitymeasured as sanctions or violent behavior of the prisoner. In order to over-come the problems of endogeneity that education decisions generate we usean instrumental variables approach. Our results show a decrease in partici-pation in violent conflicts and bad behavior which can be partially attributedto education.
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| Date of creation: | 31 Jan 2008 |
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| Handle: | RePEc:col:000108:004546 |
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- John H. Tyler & Jeffrey R. Kling, 2004.
"Prison-Based Education And Re-Entry Into The Mainstream Labor Market,"
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