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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. …
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. Yet, little is known about the impact of this inflow on labor markets, crime, and voting behavior. This article uses … increases in crime in particular with respect to drug offenses and fare-dodging. Our analysis further suggests that counties …
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Using the universe of individual asylum cases in the United States from 2000-2004 and a difference-in-differences research design, we test whether Sept. 11, 2001 decreased the likelihood that applicants from Muslim-majority countries were granted asylum. Our estimates suggest that the attacks...
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increase crime rates and pose a national security risk. Existing research presents ambiguous expectations about the … consequences of refugee resettlement on crime. We leverage a natural experiment in the United States, where an Executive Order by … that there is no discernible effect on county-level crime rates. These null effects are consistent across all types of …
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Many people are concerned about societal cohesion in the face of higher numbers of foreigners migrating to Western democracies. The challenge for the future is to find and adopt institutions that foster integration. We investigate how the right to vote in local elections affects immigrants'...
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This paper analyzes the impact of immigrant deportations on local crime and police efficiency. Our identification … relies on increases in the deportation rate driven by the introduction of the Secure Communities (SC) program, an immigration … not reduce crime rates for violent offenses or property offenses. Our estimates are small and precise, so we can rule out …
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immigrants, reduce incentives for their immigration, and increase employment and earnings for low-skilled natives. This study … explores the impact of state E-Verify laws on crime. Using agency-by-month data from the 2004 to 2015 National Incident Based …-skilled natives of Hispanic descent, and outmigration of younger Hispanics are important channels. We find no evidence that crime was …
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This paper studies the effects of immigration on crime and crime perceptions in Chile, where the foreign … immigration on crime but positive and significant effects on crime-related concerns, which in turn triggered preventive behavioral …-perpetrated homicides as well as a larger effect of immigration on crime perceptions in municipalities with a stronger media presence. These …
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for the broader literature on immigration and crime which considers only crimes per capita or variants thereof, but never …
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Integration of immigrants is a two-way process involving immigrants and the host country society. An underexplored question is how events of xenophobic violence in the host country affect the integration of immigrants. For this purpose, I exploit a unique series of anti-immigrant attacks in the...
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