We study the evolution of trade liberalization's effects on local labor markets, following Brazil's early 1990s trade … agglomeration economies. This mechanism gradually amplifies the initial labor demand shock resulting from liberalization. We show …

Much research has been done showing that unemployment can cause crime, and that crime adversely impacts economic … find evidence for the possibility of a vicious cycle, with unemployment leading to higher crime rates and crime rates … raising unemployment. I further find that especially employment in low-skill service jobs is adversely affected by crime, that …

among natives and by showing that immigration may, under specific circumstances, increase crime. …

dimensionality in an ingenious form. Focusing on the Brazilian labor market, identified and quantified how a shock in an aggregate … market is better developed in the former regions than the latter. The South, Southeast, and Midwest regions in Brazil have …

targeted at small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Brazil, to investigate the role of credit constraints on SMEs performance …

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 … that the way that economic shocks shape criminal behavior depends on three factors: i) whether the shock comes from a legal …

the universe of workers and criminal cases in Brazil over the 2009-2017 period. We match workers displaced upon plausibly … benefits covering 3 to 5 months after displacement completely offset potential crime increases upon job loss, especially for …