Episode 12: Michael Lovenheim on grade retention and students' criminal activity

Michael Lovenheim talks about how grade retention affects students' later criminal activity.

"The Effect of Grade Retention on Adult Crime: Evidence From a Test-Based Promotion Policy" by Ozkan Eren, Michael F. Lovenheim, and Naci H. Mocan.

OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• “In school and out of trouble: The minimum dropout age and juvenile crime” by D. Mark Anderson.

• “The effect of education on crime: Evidence from prison inmates, arrests, and self-reports” by Lance Lochner and Enrico Moretti.

• “Priceless: The nonpecuniary benefits of schooling” by Philip Oreopolous and Kjell G. Salvanes.

• “The crime reducing effect of education” by Stephen Machin, Olivier Marie, and Sunčica Vujić.

• “Compulsory education and the benefits of schooling” by Melvin Stephens Jr.and Dou-Yan Yang.

• “Better schools, less crime?” by David Deming.

• “The effect of school choice on participants: Evidence from randomized lotteries” by Julie Berry Cullen, Brian A. Jacob, and Steven Levitt.

• “The effect of grade retention on high school completion” by Brian A. Jacob and Lars Lefgren.

• “How the timing of grade retention affects outcomes: Identification and estimation of time-varying treatment effects” by Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Salvador Navarro, and Yuya Takahashi.

• “Grade retention, postsecondary education, and public aid receipt” by Suh-Ruu Ou and Arthur J. Reynolds.

• “The effects of test-based retention on student outcomes over time: Regression discontinuity evidence from Florida” by Guido Schwerdt, Martin R. West, and Marcus A. Winters.

• “Test-based promotion policies, dropping out, and juvenile crime” by Ozkan Eren, Briggs Depew, and Stephen Barnes.

• “Breaking bad: Mechanisms of social influence and the path to criminality in juvenile jails” by Megan Stevenson.