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effect on immigrant crime. We difference out unobserved timevarying factors by 1) comparing recidivism rates of immigrants … differences in crime rates between legal and illegal immigrants. …
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This paper focuses on empirical connections between crime and immigration, studying two large waves of recent U ….K. immigration (the late 1990s/early 2000s asylum seekers and the post-2004 inflow from EU accession countries). The first wave led … to a modest but significant rise in property crime, while the second wave had a small negative impact. There was no …
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It is conventionally believed that immigration increases crime rates in the host country. However, empirical results … are not in line with this crime concern. We develop a model with endogenous skill upgrading and criminal choices to …
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effect on immigrant crime. We difference out unobserved time-varying factors by (i) comparing recidivism rates of immigrants … differences in crime rates between legal and illegal immigrants. (JEL F22, K42, C41) …
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Changes in US Immigration laws between the mid-1980s to the late 1990s led to a sharp increase in criminal deportations …
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This paper looks at the situation of legal immigrants who employ illegal immigrants to provide them with various services. This enables the legal immigrants to allocate more time to other work, thereby increasing their earnings. Illegal immigrants employed by legal immigrants may specialize in...
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Australia’s policies towards asylum seekers hit the headlines when it refused to admit those aboard the Tampa in September 2001. This tough stance and the raft of legislation that followed became known as Australia’s ‘Pacific Solution’. It was clearly intended to deter those who might...
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Among 18-40 year old men in the United States, immigrants are less likely to be institutionalized than the native-born, and much less likely to be institutionalized than native-born men with similar demographic characteristics. Furthermore, earlier immigrants are more likely to be...
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Since 2010 net immigration to Germany has risen significantly. Net immigration to Germany in 2012 is estimated to total … investigates the determinants of immigration to Germany and its outlook for the coming years. It shows that differences in … labour market and the expected slow recovery in neighbouring Europe, cumulative immigration to Germany is likely to exceed …
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deutschen Arbeitsmarkt und die Qualifikationsstruktur der Arbeitskräfte ab und prognostiziert zum anderen die Chancen und …
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