Swedish Education Reform and Crime Data, 1949-1962

Replication data for a Journal of Political Economy study on the intergenerational effect of education policy on crime. The dataset links administrative outcomes across generations with crime records to analyze the impact of Sweden's comprehensive school reform implemented between 1949 and 1962. The research shows the reform reduced conviction rates for both the directly affected generation and their sons across several crime types.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between education policy and crime rates based on administrative conviction records.
• Studying intergenerational transmission of criminal behavior based on linked parent-child data.
• Conducting mediation analysis on channels like parental education and household income mentioned in the description.
• Investigating the effects of a specific historical policy (Swedish comprehensive school reform) on multiple crime types.

Strengths

• Data is linked across generations, enabling intergenerational analysis.
• Covers a specific, well-defined policy intervention implemented between 1949 and 1962.
• Includes conviction records for multiple types of crime.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is specific to Sweden and a historical period, which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Journal of Political Economy, author Ulrika Ahrsjo.

Collection Method

Administrative data linking outcomes across generations with crime records.

Time Range

Study focuses on the period of the Swedish comprehensive school reform, 1949-1962.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 07:52:55; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sweden