https://macropaperwarehouse.com/authors/costas-meghir/Costas MeghirHugo -- gohugo.ioen-ushttps://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/the-effect-of-education-policy-on-crime-an-intergenerational-perspective/https://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/the-effect-of-education-policy-on-crime-an-intergenerational-perspective/<p>This paper studies the intergenerational effects of education policy on crime, asking whether a compulsory schooling reform that reduced crime among those directly exposed also reduced crime among their children. The authors exploit the staggered municipal rollout of Sweden&rsquo;s comprehensive school reform, implemented gradually between 1949 and 1962 across more than 1,000 municipalities, which increased compulsory schooling by one to two years, abolished tracking into academic and vocational streams after 6th grade, and introduced a uniform national curriculum. The parent generation consists of all individuals born in Sweden between 1945 and 1955 (approximately 447,000 men and 450,000 women), and their children form the child generation (426,721 sons observed from age 15 to 29). Crime is measured by administrative conviction records from the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention covering 1973–2010.</p>