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1 results foundAuthor: Chevalier, Arnaud Title: Economic Uncertainty, Parental Selection, and the Criminal Activity of the 'Children of the Wall' Summary: We study the link between parental selection and children criminality in a new context. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany experienced an unprecedented temporary drop in fertility driven by economic uncertainty. We exploit this natural experiment to estimate that the children from these (smaller) cohorts are 40 percent more likely to commit crimes. We show that women who gave birth at this period were negatively selected. Investigation of the underlying mechanisms reveals that emotional attachment and risk attitudes play important roles in the fertility-crime relationship. Finally, results for siblings support a causal interpretation of our findings. Details: Munich, Germany: CESifo (Center for Economic Studies & Ifo Institute, 2013. 45p. Source: Internet Resource: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4462: Accessed August 22, 2017 at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2353311## Year: 2013 Country: Germany URL: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2353311## Shelf Number: 131747 Keywords: Economics and Crime Parental Selection |