Showing 1 - 10 of 6,552
We study a high profile public policy question on immigration, namely the link between crime and immigration … immigration on crime from our spatial econometric analysis and also present evidence from unique data on arrests of natives and …, presenting new evidence from England and Wales in the 2000s. For studying immigration impacts, this period is of considerable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691381
effect on immigrant crime. We difference out unobserved timevarying factors by 1) comparing recidivism rates of immigrants … differences in crime rates between legal and illegal immigrants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850004
We examine the empirical relationship between immigration and crime across Italian provinces during the period 1990 … with the incidence of property crimes and with the overall crime rate. Then, we use instrumental variables based on … immigration toward destination countries other than Italy to identify the causal impact of exogenous changes in Italy's immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010861518
This paper focuses on empirical connections between crime and immigration, studying two large waves of recent U ….K. immigration (the late 1990s/early 2000s asylum seekers and the post-2004 inflow from EU accession countries). The first wave led … to a modest but significant rise in property crime, while the second wave had a small negative impact. There was no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011009946
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/10011227866
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745408
It is conventionally believed that immigration increases crime rates in the host country. However, empirical results … are not in line with this crime concern. We develop a model with endogenous skill upgrading and criminal choices to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010664143
literature. This paper identifies the causal linkages between immigration and crime using panel data constructed from the Uniform … that immigration is associated with higher crime rates. …-born population increases crime. Despite the heated public discussion, the immigrant-crime relationship is understudied in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184405
immigration can cause increases in crime is warranted, considering the fact that there is much empirical evidence that suggest the …€œImmigration and Crime: Evidence from Canada†(CLSRN Working Paper no. 135) analyses the relationship between immigration and crime …According to the standard economic model of crime, which assumes that individuals are rational decisions makers who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184446