We study whether the forced removal of undocumented immigrants from the United States increases violent crime in … States to Mexico, we assess whether municipalities with repatriation points experience higher violent crime with surges in … violent crime. The effects are mostly driven by increments in homicide rates of young males and minors. …

This working paper studies the effect of remittances from the United States on crime rates in Mexico. The topic is …

and foreign individuals from committing crime in their territory. We assume that crime is mobile, both ex ante (migration …) and ex post (fleeing), and that criminals who hide abroad after having committed a crime in a country must be extradited … sufficiently costly, a large enforcement may induce criminals to flee the country in which they have perpetrated a crime …

selection and the importance of migrant selection to labor force quality. Chapter 2 quantifies non-pecuniary migration costs … that are incurred due to selective migration along cultural traits. Chapter 3 discusses whether early performance … among natives and by showing that immigration may, under specific circumstances, increase crime. …