Friday, May 22, 2026 13:00 - 14:00

This event is both online and in person.

SAL 3.05, 3rd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH

Online participants are welcome:
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About this event

Growing evidence shows that 1) police officer performance differs by personal characteristics, and 2) many countries are struggling to retain officers. How do different types of officers respond to different retention strategies? We study this using detailed Swedish data that include officers' emotional stability (as measured in military enlistment assessments). Using geographic shocks to outside options, we show that higher relative pay increases retention, but especially so for less emotionally stable officers. Using exogenous manager turnover in the midst of organizational crisis, we show that more stable management also increases retention, particularly for more emotionally stable officers. These results suggest that strategies for increased officer retention can vary in their effects on the composition of the police force.

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Directions

This event will take place in SAL 3.05, 3rd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH.

Online participants are welcome:
Please sign up to our mailinglist (seminar_cepcrime). to receive event updates and a link to the seminar online.

The building is labelled SAL on the LSE campus map. You can also find us on Google Maps. For further information, go to contact us.

European Seminars on the Economics of Crime are part of the CEP's Community Wellbeing programme and Policing and Crime Research Group.