This paper examines the extent to which the Great Recession affected gender composition at birth. We focus on ethnic …

part of the increase in criminality. The primary avenue through which the sex-ratio increases crime, however, is the direct …

district level administrative crime data by category to age- specific sex ratios in census data across four decades and, to … men age 20-24 is unity, and that this explains about 35% of the rise in gender-based violence since 1995. Although less … discernible impact upon property and economic crime. In probing mechanisms we argue that men are more prone to crime than women …

Research on crime in the late 20th century has consistently shown, that despite the public rhetoric, immigrants have … lower rates of involvement in criminal activity than natives. The earliest studies of immigration and crime conducted at the …

1986 and 1998, we find strong evidence that gang crime rates in the neighbourhood at assignment increase the probability of … boys to commit crimes before the age of 19, and that gang crime (but not other crime) increases the likelihood of teenage … motherhood for girls. Higher levels of gang crime also have detrimental and long-lasting effects, with men experiencing …

1986 and 1998, we find strong evidence that gang crime rates in the neighbourhood at assignment increase the probability of … boys to commit crimes before the age of 19, and that gang crime (but not other crime) increases the likelihood of teenage … motherhood for girls. Higher levels of gang crime also have detrimental and long-lasting effects, with men experiencing …