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Youth gangs as pseudo-governments : implications for violent crime
Sobel, Russell S.; Osoba, Brian J. - In: Southern economic journal 75 (2009) 4, pp. 996-1018
We hypothesize the failure of government to protect the rights of individuals from violence committed by youths has led to the formation of youth gangs as protective agencies. Our theory predicts an opposite direction of causality between gang activity and violent crime than is widely accepted....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863348
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Unbundling the relationship between economic shocks and crime
Ferraz, Eduardo; Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Vargas, Juan F. - 2021
level of economic inequality, the institutional strength and law enforcement capacity of the state, and whether there are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012800583
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The effect of 3.6 million refugees on crime
Kirdar, Murat G.; López Cruz, Iván G.; Türküm, Betül - 2021
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-income countries - whose numbers are increasing worldwide. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012610398
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The effect of 3.6 million refugees on crime
Kirdar, Murat G.; López Cruz, Iván G.; Türküm, Betül - 2021
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-income countries - whose numbers are increasing worldwide. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604161
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Youth Gangs as Pseudo-Governments : Implications for Violent Crime
Sobel, Russell S.; Osoba, Brian J. - 2007
We hypothesize the failure of government to protect the rights of individuals from violence committed by youths has led to the formation of youth gangs as protective agencies. Our theory predicts an opposite direction of causality between gang activity and violent crime than is widely accepted....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050633
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Walling Off Crime : An Analysis of the Local Deterrent Effects of Increased Border Control
LaPlue, Lawrence D.; McFerrin, William - 2022
This paper analyzes the deterrent effects of both border patrol agents and increased U.S.-Mexico fencing on reported crime rates in U.S. cities located along the border, between 1992 and 2017. We find that, for cities along the U.S.-Mexico border, increases in the number of border patrol agents,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014029993
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Immigration, Integration and Terrorism : Is There a Clash of Cultures?
Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2011
We test whether immigrants are more prone to support terror than natives because of lower opportunity costs, using the international World Values Survey data. We show that, in general, economically, politically and socially non-integrated persons are more likely to accept using violence for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014186851
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Exposure to conflict, migrations and long-run education and income inequality: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Efendic, Adnan; Kovaéc, Dejan; Shapiro, Jacob N. - 2022
We investigate the long-term relationship between conflict-related migration and individual socioeconomic inequality …. Looking at the post-conflict environment of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), a former Yugoslav state most heavily impacted by the … histories. We find that individuals with greater exposure to conflict had systematically worse educational performance and lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013167913
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NAFTA and Drug-Related Violence in Mexico
Hidalgo, Eduardo; Hornung, Erik; Selaya, Pablo - 2022
We study how NAFTA changed the geography of violence in Mexico. We propose that this open border policy increased trafficking profits of Mexican cartels, resulting in violent competition among them. We test this hypothesis by comparing changes in drug-related homicides after NAFTA's introduction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013427767
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NAFTA and drug-related violence in Mexico
Hidalgo, Eduardo; Hornung, Erik; Selaya, Pablo - 2022
We study how NAFTA changed the geography of violence in Mexico. We propose that this open border policy increased trafficking profits of Mexican cartels, resulting in violent competition among them. We test this hypothesis by comparing changes in drug-related homicides after NAFTA's introduction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013480174