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Heterogeneity in Criminal Behavior after Child Birth: The Role of Ethnicity

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  • Kabir Dasgupta

    (NZ Work Research Institute, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at AUT University)

  • André Diegmann

    (Halle Institute for Economic Research,Centre for European Economic Research)

  • Tom Kirchmaier

    (Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Copenhagen Business School)

  • Alexander Plum

    (NZ Work Research Institute, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at AUT University)

Abstract
This paper documents behavioral differences in parental criminality between majority and minority ethnic groups after child birth. The particular effect we exploit is that of the gender of the first-born child on fathers’ convictions rates. Based on detailed judicial and demographic data from New Zealand, we first show that the previously documented inverse relationship between having a son and father’s criminal behaviour holds across the average of the population. However, when splitting the fathers’ sample by ethnicity, the effect appears to be entirely driven by the white part of the population and that there is no effect on the native M¯aori. The strong ethnic divide is observed along many dimensions and challenges the implicitly made assumption in the economics of crime literature that findings are universally applicable across cultures and race.

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  • Kabir Dasgupta & André Diegmann & Tom Kirchmaier & Alexander Plum, 2020. "Heterogeneity in Criminal Behavior after Child Birth: The Role of Ethnicity," Working Papers 2020-10, Auckland University of Technology, Department of Economics, revised Nov 2020.
    • Handle: RePEc:aut:wpaper:202010
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    Keywords

    Crime Research; Racial Bias;

    JEL classification:

    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
    • K49 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Other
    • L38 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Policy

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