The paper analyses the empirical relationship between immigrants and crime using panel data for 391 German … positive association between the immigrant rate and the crime rate. We assess the robustness of this result by considering the … interpretation of the estimates. There is no evidence that immigrants increase crime …

Does internet use trigger sex crime? We use unique Norwegian data on crime and internet adoption to shed light on this … highlights three mechanisms for how internet use may affect reported sex crime, namely a reporting effect, a matching effect on … potential offenders and victims, and a direct effect on sex crime propensity. To investigate the importance of these mechanisms …

academics and policy makers. Often, multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) models are applied to time series data …

academics and policy makers. Often, multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) models are applied to time series data …

1985 and 2013, and tests whether this impact is conditioned by the fiscal policy stance, i.e. whether there are fiscal … fiscal policy is crucial. To control for endogeneity, we use the Augmented Inverse Probability Weighted estimator. Our … neutral fiscal policy. Labour market reforms hurt growth under tight and neutral fiscal policy but are conducive to economic …

arguments in policy debates, but also on the moral questions involved in this particular debate. …