An Analysis of the Effect of an Offender's Employment Status on the Type of Sentence Chosen by the Magistrate

Crichton, Nicola J.; Fry, Timothy R. L.

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.267069

An Analysis of the Effect of an Offender's Employment Status on the Type of Sentence Chosen by the Magistrate

Crichton, Nicola J. ; Fry, Timothy R. L.

In this paper we will consider the problem of estimating a multinomial logit model for choice behaviour, when the data has been collected using choice—based sampling. We illustrate the estimation process using a set of data collected by the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders to investigate whether an offender's employment status affected the sentence chosen by the magistrate.

Keywords:

multinomial logit ; choice—based sampling ; choice model ; unemployment ; magistrates court

Subject(s):

Labor and Human Capital
Public Economics

Issue Date:

Jul 01 1990

Publication Type:

Working or Discussion Paper

DOI and Other Identifiers:

10.22004/ag.econ.267069

Record Identifier:

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/267069