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This paper examines the relationship between immigration and crime in a setting where large migration flows offer an … opportunity to carefully appraise whether the populist view that immigrants cause crime is borne out by rigorous evidence. We … consider possible crime effects from two large waves of immigration that recently occurred in the UK. The first of these was …
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In this paper we study the causal impact of police on crime by looking at what happened to crime before and after the … percent in the six weeks following the July 7 bombings. During this time crime fell significantly in central relative to outer … London. Study of the timing of the crime reductions and their magnitude, the types of crime which were more likely to be …
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The paper investigates the effect of local economic conditions on crime. The study focuses on Italy’s local labor … markets and analyzes the short-term response of crime to the severe slump of 2007-2009. It shows that the downturn led to a …-worker contractual arrangements) had a role in slowing down the effect of the economy on crime; ii) the link between the downturn and …
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to lead a life of crime than those graduating into a buoyant labour market. These effects are long lasting and …
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We study a high profile public policy question on immigration, namely the link between crime and immigration … evidence of an average causal impact of immigration on crime, nor do we when we consider A8 and Non-A8 immigration separately … causal impact of immigration on crime from our spatial econometric analysis and also present evidence from unique data on …
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In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the … account for the endogeneity of education. In this causal approach, for property crimes, the negative crime …
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Hundreds of studies have failed to establish the effects of decentralisation on a number of important policy goals. This paper examines the cases of Bolivia and Colombia to explore decentralisation’s effects on government responsiveness and poverty-orientation. I first summarize economic data...
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The determinants of government responsiveness to its citizens is a key issue in political economy. Here we develop a model based on the solution of political agency problems. Having a more informed an politically active electorate strengthens incentives for governments to be responsive. This...
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The welfare economic method for analyzing the case for government intervention is often critized for ignoring the political determination of policies. The standard method of accounting for this critique studies the case for intervention under the constraint that the level of the instrument in...
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This paper explores the relationship between ethnic diversity and local school funding in Kenyan primary schools. The empirical results paint a picture of pervasive local collective action problems in ethnically diverse Kenyan primary schools. Local ethnic diversity is robustly associated with...
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