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Crime and immigration : evidence from large immigrant waves
Bell, Brian; Fasani, Francesco; Machin, Stephen - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969993
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A model-based analysis of the macroeconomic impact of the refugee migration to Germany
Stähler, Nikolai - 2017
By simulating various (labour market) integration scenarios with the aid of a New Keynesian DSGE model, this paper explores the potential economic consequences and transmission mechanisms resulting from the recent refugee migration to Germany. We find that the long-run costs and benefits for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632192
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Crime and immigration : new evidence from England and Wales
Jaitman, Laura; Machin, Stephen - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191911
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EU enlargement and (temporary) migration : effects on labour market outcomes in Germany
Hammer, Luisa; Hertweck, Matthias S. - 2022
EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012821802
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Spillovers from conditional cash transfer programs: Bolsa Família and crime in urban Brazil
Chioda, Laura; de Mello, João M. P.; Soares, Rodrigo R. - 2012
This paper investigates the impact of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs on crime. Making use of a unique dataset … combining detailed school characteristics with time and geo-referenced crime information from the city of São Paulo, Brazil, we … estimate the contemporaneous effect of the Bolsa Família program on crime. We address the endogeneity of CCT coverage by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282275
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Alcohol, violence and injury-induced mortality: evidence from a modern-day prohibition
Barron, Kai; Parry, Charles D. H.; Bradshaw, Debbie; … - 2022
This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013166761
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In-state tuition for undocumented immigrants and its impact on college enrollment, tuition costs, student financial aid, and indebtedness
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Sparber, Chad - 2012
The 1996 Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act barred states from giving unlawful residents postsecondary education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289938
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Open borders in the European Union and beyond : migration flows and labor market implications
Kennan, John - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612649
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Adolescent drug use and the deterrent effect of school-imposed penalties
Waddell, Glen R. - 2010
Simple OLS estimates of the effect of school-imposed penalties for drug use on a student's consumption of marijuana are biased if both are determined by unobservable school or individual attributes. The potential reverse causality is also a challenge to retrieving estimates of the causal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272641
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Turning 18: What a difference application of adult criminal law makes
Entorf, Horst - 2011
This paper contributes to the literature on specific deterrence by addressing the issue of selecting adolescents into adult and juvenile law systems. In Germany, different from the U.S. and most other countries, turning a critical cutoff age does not cause a sharp discontinuity from juvenile to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274674