The paper analyses the empirical relationship between immigrants and crime using panel data for 391 German … positive association between the immigrant rate and the crime rate. We assess the robustness of this result by considering the … interpretation of the estimates. There is no evidence that immigrants increase crime …

The paper analyses the empirical relationship between immigrants and crime using panel data for 391 German … positive association between the immigrant rate and the crime rate. We assess the robustness of this result by considering the … interpretation of the estimates. There is no evidence that immigrants increase crime. …

relationship between immigration and crime. We find that a 1-percentage-point increase in the share of refugees on destination … crime incidents committed by refugees; there is no change in crimes committed by natives on those islands. We find a …Recent political instability in the Middle East has triggered one of the largest influxes of refugees into Europe. The …

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, more than 3 million people with German ancestors immigrated to Germany under a … authorities across regions upon arrival, we find that immigration significantly increases crime. The crime impact of immigration … substantially stronger effects in regions with high preexisting crime levels or large shares of foreigners. …

behavior in Germany (revealed in the two German federal elections in 2013 and 2017), explaining the attitudinal preference for … theoretical and empirical findings in the international context, combined with Germany-specific facts and experiences, local …

This study investigates the long-term relationship between slavery and violent crime in the USA. Although qualitative …-level data, we find that the percentage of slaves in the population in 1860 is linked with violent crime in 2000. This result is … specific to violent crime, robust to instrumenting for slavery and varying the approach to missing crime data, and not driven …

different information about the asylum-seekers that came to Germany in 2015 and 2016. The treatments involve information about … associated with accepting refugees, (iv) the share of Muslim asylum-seekers, and (v) the share of war refugees. We find that … providing information about the fiscal costs associated with accepting refugees, and about the share of Muslim refugees …

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 … native Colombians and Venezuelan refugees seeing higher victimization rates. Violent crimes remained unaffected. This is the …

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 …