Alonso-Borrego, César; Garoupa, Nuno; Vázquez, Pablo - Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - 2011
The relationship between crime and immigration has been a matter of controversy in the US and around the world. This paper investigates empirically the case of Spain. From 1999 to 2009, Spain has had a large wave of immigration from different areas of the globe. At the same time, crime rates...