Happy about this piece of research with Teodora Soare.
👉 We collected surveys of people who beg in Brussels in the final months of 2021 and before the summer of 2022.
👉Between these waves, the Brussels city council voted a bylaw forbidding begging in the company of minors.
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Does the law matter for the poor? Evaluating the response to a child begging regulation - Stef Adriaenssens, Teodora Soare, 2026
Some scholars argue that poverty reduces responsiveness to regulatory incentives, reducing the law’s deterrent effects. Conversely, some expect the poor to asse...