Previous estimates of the effect of unemployment on crime commonly omit determinants of criminal behavior that vary … with the business cycle, creating correlation between unemployment rates and the residuals in aggregate crime regressions … accompanying omitted variables bias to estimates of the effect of unemployment on crime. Using a state-level panel for the period …

One of the most controversial aspects of immigration policy is the impact of foreigners on labour market outcomes of … second part we offer a further argument for a potential detrimental effect of immigration: if wages are negotiated at the …

, without the rise in the age at marriage, divorce rates would be considerably higher. Immigration and secularization, and the …

Previous estimates of the effect of unemployment on crime commonly omit determinants of criminal behavior that vary … with the business cycle, creating correlation between unemployment rates and the residuals in aggregate crime regressions … accompanying omitted variables bias to estimates of the effect of unemployment on crime. Using a state-level panel for the period …

In this paper, we pursue several strategies to identify the effect of unemployment rates on crime rates. Using a state … unemployment on property crime rates that are stable across model specifications and estimation methodology. Our most conservative … estimates suggest that nearly 40 percent of the decline in property crime rates during the 1990s is attributable to the …

in the age at marriage, divorce rates would be considerably higher. Immigration and secularization, and the resulting …