"Much of the concern about immigration adversely affecting crime derives from the fact that immigrants tend to have … immigration and crime led to legislation in the 1990s increasing punishments toward criminal aliens. Despite the widespread … perception of a link between immigration and crime, immigrants have much lower institutionalization (incarceration) rates than …

We estimate the causal effect of cash grants on household finance and business survival following a natural disaster …. Disaster-affected individuals in high damage blocks with access to cash grants have 17% less credit card debt following the … disaster than those without access to cash grants. Grants do not reduce negative financial outcomes, but do decrease migration …

estimation techniques to analyze the change in transactional demand for cash resulting from greater usage of debit cards in 13 … countries from 1988 to 2003. We are able to disentangle cash's store of value function from its payment function by separating … cash into three denomination categories. We find that the demand for low denomination notes and coins decreases as debit …

rewards on credit card spending and debt. Specifically, we study the impact of cash-back rewards on individuals before and … during their enrollment in the program. We find that with an average cash-back reward of $25, spending and debt increases by … card prior to the cash-back program increase their spending and debt more than cardholders with debt prior to the cash …

reductions among first offenders primarily reflect outcomes for offenders who live in lower-crime areas of the city and are not …