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The article seems to be making a lot of assumptions. For example another explanation could be that crime is just seasonal. People who are less well off would p
by de_Selby 11y ago
The article seems to be making a lot of assumptions. For example another explanation could be that crime is just seasonal.
People who are less well off would probably be able to survive on less during summer when they don't have heating costs. Or maybe they're just in a better mood.
- jedmeyers 11y ago"[The increase of the period of daylight saving time by four weeks] produced a useful natural experiment for our paper," authors Jennifer Doleac and Nicholas Sanders write at Brookings, "which helped us isolate the effect of daylight from other seasonal factors that might affect crime."
- de_Selby 11y agoAh ok, it seems I skimmed over that bit! That makes it more interesting.
- jusben1369 11y agoI think you missed what makes this result so compelling. As far as these things go this was a pretty significant controlled change.
- PepeGomez 11y agoHow significant?