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Does refugee migration cause crime? I address this question drawing on recent refugee migration to Germany during the … locational restrictions and find no impact on crime except for migrationspecific offenses. For the group of recognized refugees … refugees and the overall crime rate, which is driven by non-violent property crimes and frauds. The empirical results prove …
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celebrations in Cologne (NYE), Germany, refugees allegedly committed over a thousand crimes, ranging from theft to sexual assault …This study analyses the impact of a high-profile crime event on perceived public safety. At the 2015 New Year's Eve …
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migrants in developed countries. However, we know much less about the crime impact of refugees in low- and middle … and refugees) falls due to the arrival of the refugees. This finding also applies to several types of crime; the only …Most studies examining the impact of migrants on crime rates in hosting populations are in the context of economic …
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This paper examines the relationship between immigration and crime in a setting where large migration flows offer an … opportunity to carefully appraise whether the populist view that immigrants cause crime is borne out by rigorous evidence. We … consider possible crime effects from two large waves of immigration that recently occurred in the UK. The first of these was …
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scientific link. Propelled by the magnitude of this need, this paper analyzes the impact of refugees on crime rates using the …The impact of immigration on crime continues to stir heated debates in public policy circles around the world whilst … instrumental variables, Difference-in-Differences (DiD) and Staggered DiD methods to explain if the war-fleeing Syrian refugees …
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A recent surge in child migration to the U.S. from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala has occurred in the context of high rates of regional violence. But little quantitative evidence exists on the causal relationship between violence and international emigration in this or any other region....
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This paper examines the relationship between immigration and crime in a setting where large migration flows offer an … opportunity to carefully appraise whether the populist view that immigrants cause crime is borne out by rigorous evidence. We … consider possible crime effects from two large waves of immigration that recently occurred in the UK. The first of these was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141725
Despite intense policy debates, the relationship between social welfare and refugee crime remains understudied. Taking … steps to address this gap, our study focuses on Switzerland, where mobility restrictions on exogenously assigned refugees …, especially for petty crimes and drug offenses. In light of limited (short-run) repercussions for refugees’ labor market …
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According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the number of refugees worldwide rose to 21.3 million in … 2015. Yet, resistance to the welcoming of refugees appears to have grown. The possibility that refugees may commit acts of … for these fears? We exploit the variation in the geographic and temporal distribution of refugees across U.S. counties to …
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