Using data from hundreds of closely contested partisan elections from 2010 to 2019 and a vote share regression discontinuity design, we find that narrow election of a Republican prosecutor reduces all-cause mortality rates among young men ages 20 to 29 by 6.6%. This decline is driven predominantly by reductions in firearm-related deaths, including a large reduction in firearm…
“Tough on crime” is good for young men
“Tough on crime” is good for young men
26 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, law and economics, econometerics, applied price theory, economics of crime Tags: crime and punishment, law and order, criminal deterrence
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