School of Economics & Finance at QMUL

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Room number: W305
Tel: +44 20 7882 8839
Fax: +44 20 8983 3580
Email: r.hjalmarsson@qmul.ac.uk
Website: http://webspace.qmul.ac.uk/rhjalmarsson/
Office hours: Thursday 14:15-15:45
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Research grouping: On maternity leave Semester 1

Research keywords: Economics of Crime

My research focuses on empirical questions related to the economics of crime. In particular, I have studied the effect of incarceration on education and subsequent criminal activity; one of these papers focuses on identifying peer effects in the criminal justice system. Other research questions are policy driven, such as whether the death penalty has a deterrent effect and whether gun shows in the U.S. increase suicide and homicide rates in the geographic areas surrounding the shows. My current research focuses on racial and gender biases in jury decisions and on the role of the family and neighborhood in determining criminal behavior.

Selected publications

• Mark Duggan, Randi Hjalmarsson, and Brian Jacob. (forthcoming). “The Short-term and Localized Effect of Gun Shows: Evidence from California and Texas,” Review of Economics and Statistics.
• Randi Hjalmarsson and Matthew Lindquist (forthcoming). "Like Godfather, Like Son: Exploring the
  Intergenerational Nature of Crime". Journal of Human Resources
• Randi Hjalmarsson and Mark Lopez (2010). "The Voting Behavior of Disenfranchised Criminals:
  Would They Vote if They Could?" American Law and Economics Review. 12(2): 265-279.
• Patrick Bayer, Randi Hjalmarsson, and David Pozen (2009), "Building Criminal Capital Behind Bars: Peer Effects in Juvenile Corrections", Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 124(1): 105-147.