authorities across regions upon arrival, we find that immigration significantly increases crime. The crime impact of immigration … substantially stronger effects in regions with high preexisting crime levels or large shares of foreigners. …

more likely to accept using violence for achieving political goals, consistent with the economic model of crime. We also …

National Crime Victimization Surveys, I proxy these higher costs by victim’s education and income, relationship to the …

A large body of empirical research suggests that welfare spending reduces crime. Contrary to this dominant finding, a … few recent studies conclude that there is no relationship between several measures of welfare spending and serious crime … total crime although the effect was rather weak. The analyses of various types of crime show that the influence of the …

The literature has typically found a positive relationship between crime rates and female headed households. Female …. This study explores the relationship between female owned firms and losses due to crime experienced by firms using data for … firms and losses due to crime, the results may suggest that the reason may be a gender bias in the incidence of crime. We …

Several studies have explored the relationship between economy level crime rates or individual level crime and economic … growth. However, few studies have examined the relationship between economic growth and crime against firms which is an … economic growth has a negative effect on crime. We also find that several macro-economic factors can weaken or strengthen the …

and crime against firms, an important issue especially for developing economies. Using data for about 12,000 firms in 27 … developing countries we find that increasing the police force has a negative effect on crime against firms. We also find that …