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Immigration, Regional Conditions, and Crime: Evidence from an Allocation Policy in Germany
Piopiunik, Marc; Ruhose, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011228305
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Immigration and Crime: New Empirical Evidence from European Victimization Data
Nunziata, Luca - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
whether immigration affects crime victimization and the perception of criminality among European natives. Using data from the … simulations. Our empirical findings show that an increase in immigration does not affect crime victimization, but it is associated …' unfavourable attitude toward immigrants. Our results reveal a misconception of the link between immigration and crime among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011078406
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On the Intended and Unintended Consequences of Enhanced Border and Interior Immigration Enforcement: Evidence from Deportees
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Pozo, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Over the past decade, a number of federal and state policies intended to stem the flow of illegal immigration have been … by the federal government, and (b) state-level omnibus immigration laws, as an illustration of enhanced interior … attempt a new unauthorized crossing. While state-level omnibus immigration laws reduce the proportion of deportees intending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959590
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European Asylum Policy
Hatton, Timothy J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Policy towards asylum seekers has been a controversial topic for more than a decade. Rising numbers of asylum applications have been met with ever-tougher policies to deter them. Following a period of policy harmonisation, the EU has reached a crucial stage in the development of a new Common...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822265
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Labor Market Interactions Between Legal and Illegal Immigrants
Epstein, Gil S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
This paper looks at the situation of legal immigrants who employ illegal immigrants to provide them with various services. This enables the legal immigrants to allocate more time to other work, thereby increasing their earnings. Illegal immigrants employed by legal immigrants may specialize in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822864
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International Human Trafficking: Measuring Clandestinity by the Structural Equation Approach
Rudolph, Alexandra; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
account for the unobservable nature of the crime as well as for visible aspects that both shape the extent of it. By including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734423
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Eliciting Illegal Migration Rates through List Randomization
McKenzie, David; Siegel, Melissa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Most migration surveys do not ask about the legal status of migrants due to concerns about the sensitivity of this question. List randomization is a technique that has been used in a number of other social science applications to elicit sensitive information. We trial this technique by adding it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735637
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U.S. Border Enforcement and the Net Flow of Mexican Illegal Migration
Angelucci, Manuela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper investigates the effect of U.S. border enforcement on the net flow of Mexican undocumented migration. It shows how this effect is theoretically ambiguous, given that increases in border controls deter prospective migrants from crossing the border illegally, but lengthen the duration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566326
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The Individual and Joint Performance of Economic Preferences, Personality, and Self-Control in Predicting Criminal Behavior
Friehe, Tim; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We explore the individual and joint explanatory power of concepts from economics, psychology, and criminology for criminal behavior. More precisely, we consider risk and time preferences, personality traits from psychology (Big Five and locus of control), and a self-control scale from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884182
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Crime Scars: Recessions and the Making of Career Criminals
Bell, Brian; Bindler, Anna; Machin, Stephen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
to lead a life of crime than those graduating into a buoyant labour market. These effects are long lasting and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884254