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Marriage and Pregnancy Reduce Crime
Star Parker
December 05, 2019
What is it about birth and marriage that contributes significantly to
reducing crime? An economist at George Mason University conjectures
it's about "socializing and civilizing both men and women…"
There’s a general assumption in public policy discourse that economic policy and social policy are separate universes.
When economic policy is the topic, we think about taxes, government
spending, business, jobs, etc. When social policy is the topic, we
think about marriage, family, children, abortion, etc.
But, in reality, the line between economic policy and social policy is ambiguous, if it exists at all.
In recent years, for instance, family structure has gotten increasing
attention as an important factor to consider in policy discussions
about poverty.
Now we have a new academic paper by economists—Maxim Massenkoff and
Evan Rose, both doctoral candidates in economics at the University of
California, Berkeley—that makes it even clearer that what we generally
think of as social policy can fall into the realm of economic analysis…
Read the rest of the article at The Daily Signal
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