This paper studies the relationship between immigration and crime in a frictional labor market. Immigration strengthens … explain the ambiguity regarding the effects of immigration. A more generous unemployment insurance system for immigrants … increases both the unemployment rate and crime rates. An extended duration of incarceration and a deportation policy reduce …

Does refugee migration cause crime? I address this question drawing on recent refugee migration to Germany during the … years 2010 to 2015. Based on administrative data records, I add to the literature by disentangling the direct crime impact … locational restrictions and find no impact on crime except for migrationspecific offenses. For the group of recognized refugees …

relationship between immigration and crime. We find that a 1-percentage-point increase in the share of refugees on destination … construct a new dataset on the number and nature of crime incidents and arrested offenders at island level using official police … islands increases crime incidents by 1.7-2.5 percentage points compared with neighboring unexposed islands. This is driven by …

This paper investigates the effect of Venezuelan transit migration on crime rates in Colombia. We exploit the reopening … propensity score matching, we find that transit migration increased property crime rates in crossed municipalities, with both … first study to document a link between transit migration and crime. …

relationship between immigration and crime. We find that a 1-percentage-point increase in the share of refugees on destination … construct a new dataset on the number and nature of crime incidents and arrested offenders at island level using official police … islands increases crime incidents by 1.7-2.5 percentage points compared with neighboring unexposed islands. This is driven by …

effect on immigrant crime. We difference out unobserved time-varying factors by 1) comparing recidivism rates of immigrants … differences in crime rates between legal and illegal immigrants. …

The impact of immigration on crime continues to stir heated debates in public policy circles around the world whilst … scientific link. Propelled by the magnitude of this need, this paper analyzes the impact of refugees on crime rates using the … pushed Turkey’s crime rates higher both in the short and the long-run. Controlling for various time-varying characteristics …