TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Child protection and adult crime: using investigator assignment to estimate causal effects of foster care
JO  - Journal of political economy
A1  - Doyle, Joseph J.
SP  - 746
EP  - 770
VL  - 116
IS  - 4
N2  - This paper uses the randomization of families to child protection investigators to estimate causal effects of foster care on adult crime. The analysis uses a new data set that links criminal justice data to child protection data in Illinois, and I find that investigators affect foster care placement. Children on the margin of placement are found to be two to three times more likely to enter the criminal justice system as adults if they were placed in foster care. One innovation describes the types of children on the margin of placement, a group that is more likely to include African Americans, girls, and young adolescents.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3808
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/590216
ID  - ref1
ER  -