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Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College
Columbia University
The Campaign for Educational Equity
The Campaign for Educational Equity
Fall 2005 Symposium on the “Social Costs of Inadequate Education”
Fall 2005 Symposium on the “Social Costs of Inadequate Education”

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October 24th and 25th at  Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University

Enrico Moretti


University of California, Berkeley

Presentation Topic:

  • Does Education Reduce Participation in Criminal Activities? [Summary]

Enrico Moretti is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches a graduate class in Labor Economics and an undergraduate class in Econometrics. He is also a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). His research interests include Labor Economics and Applied Econometrics. He has previously taught at UCLA. Recent publications include:

  • "The Effect of Education on Criminal Activity: Evidence from Prison Inmates, Arrests and Self-Reports" (with L. Lochner). American Economic Review , 94(1), 2004.
  • "Workers' Education, Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from Plant-Level Production Functions." American Economic Review, 94(3), 2004.
  • "Estimating the Social Return to Higher Education: Evidence From Longitudinal and Repeated Cross-Sectional Data." Journal of Econometrics, 121(1-2), 2004.
  • "Mother's Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from College Openings" (with J. Currie). Quarterly Journal of Economics,  118(4), 2003

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