In this paper we examine the empirical relationship between immigration and crime across Italian provinces during the … correlated with the incidence of property crimes and with the overall crime rate. We then use instrumental variables based on … Italy. According to these estimates, immigration increases only the incidence of robberies and has no effect on all other …

This paper studies the effects of immigration on crime and crime perceptions in Chile, where the foreign … immigration on crime but positive and significant effects on crime-related concerns, which in turn triggered preventive behavioral …-perpetrated homicides as well as a larger effect of immigration on crime perceptions in municipalities with a stronger media presence. These …

It is important to make a careful distinction between illegal immigration, human smuggling, and human trafficking which … dollars. Many of the routes and enclaves used by the smugglers have become institutionalized; for instance, from Mexico and …, corrupted police officers, and the power of the organized crime. Naturally, poverty and warfare contribute to the rising tide of …

In economic models of crime individuals respond to changes in the potential value of criminal opportunities. We analyse … this issue by estimating crime-price elasticities from detailed data on criminal incidents in London between 2002 and 2012 … burglary incidents. We first consider a panel of consumer goods covering the majority of market goods stolen in the crime …

offenders. The overlap between offenders and victims is not well understood in criminology, and in the economics of crime the …

This paper develops a dynamic life-cycle equilibrium model of crime with hetero-geneous agents and human capital … accumulation. Agents decide at each point in time whether to commit crimes by comparing potential gains from crime to the expected … form estimates or traditional partial equilibrium, static models of crime. Equilibrium effects can be particularly relevant …

reduce crime. However, the empirical evidence on the relationship between economic shocks and criminal behavior is at best … economic shocks on crime, this chapter proposes a simple conceptual framework to understand this nuanced relationship. We posit … puzzles as well as areas where additional research on the relationship between economic shocks and crime would be welcome. …

Most studies examining the impact of migrants on crime rates in hosting populations are in the context of economic … migrants in developed countries. However, we know much less about the crime impact of refugees in low- and middle … limited access to formal employment, and face partial mobility restrictions, we find that total crime per person (including …

Most studies examining the impact of migrants on crime rates in hosting populations are in the context of economic … migrants in developed countries. However, we know much less about the crime impact of refugees in low- and middle … limited access to formal employment, and face partial mobility restrictions, we find that total crime per person (including …