often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based … on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that there is no simple link between immigration and crime, but … legalizing the status of immigrants has beneficial effects on crime rates. Crucially, the evidence points to substantial …

This paper estimates the effect of local labor market conditions on crime in a developing country with high crime rates …. Contrary to the previous literature, which has focused exclusively on developed countries with relatively low crime rates, we … large relative increases in crime rates in the medium term, but these effects virtually disappear in the long term. This …

The economics of crime has emerged as a critical field over the past 30 years, with economists increasingly exploring … economists, who investigate the (often two-way) intersection of crime with labor market factors, such as education, wages, and … effectively reduce crime. This comprehensive review underscores the transformative impact of economics on crime research and its …

The economics of crime has emerged as a critical field over the past 30 years, with economists increasingly exploring … economists, who investigate the (often two-way) intersection of crime with labor market factors, such as education, wages, and … effectively reduce crime. This comprehensive review underscores the transformative impact of economics on crime research and its …

This paper examines the relationship between immigration and crime in a setting where large migration flows offer an … opportunity to carefully appraise whether the populist view that immigrants cause crime is borne out by rigorous evidence. We … consider possible crime effects from two large waves of immigration that recently occurred in the UK. The first of these was …

For nearly 50 years academics have been studying how labor markets affect crime. The initial interesting and important … theoretical and empirical work generated substantial interest in studying crime among economists, in particular, and scholars in … markets reduce crime seems obvious and is widely accepted by many policy makers and academics, empirical results fail to show …