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and crime using both recorded crime and self-reported crime victimization data. Controlling for a rich set of observables …, we find that crime is substantially lower in those neighbourhoods with sizeable immigrant population shares. The effect … neighbourhoods. Considering different crime types, the evidence suggests that such neighbourhoods benefit from a reduction in more …
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This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the European Union. Earlier papers measure the presence of immigrants in the local labor market by computing the share of the foreigners in specific regions. This paper, instead, utilizes...
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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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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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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
This paper examines the relationship between immigration and crime in a setting where large migration flows offer an … consider possible crime effects from two large waves of immigration that recently occurred in the UK. The first of these was … opportunity to carefully appraise whether the populist view that immigrants cause crime is borne out by rigorous evidence. We …
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relationship between immigration and crime. We find that a 1-percentage-point increase in the share of refugees on destination … construct a new dataset on the number and nature of crime incidents and arrested offenders at island level using official police … islands increases crime incidents by 1.7-2.5 percentage points compared with neighboring unexposed islands. This is driven by …
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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 …
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of immigration and assimilation for the long-run evolution of crime and institutions in host countries. … framework based on a predator/prey model of crime, where endogenous migration decisions and career choices (between licit and … illicit activities) are jointly determined. In this setting, we show that the involvement of migrants in crime crucially …
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and crime using both recorded crime and self-reported crime victimization data. Controlling for a rich set of observables …, we find that crime is substantially lower in those neighbourhoods with sizeable immigrant population shares. The effect … neighbourhoods. Considering different crime types, the evidence suggests that such neighbourhoods benefit from a reduction in more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395433