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Modern day slavery : what drives human trafficking in Europe?
Hernández, Diego; Rudolph, Alexandra - 2011 - Rev. November 2011
At a time of increased attention on the international agenda for human trafficking, this paper examines the determinants of human trafficking inflows to 13 European countries based on official records. By employing a fixed effects zero-inflated, negative binomial gravity-type model, we address...
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Institutions and Visa Regimes
Gracheva, Camila - 2015
We study the impact on visa restrictions of institutions and social norms in a sending country. To this purpose, we unbundle institutions into “institutions-services”, which complement productive activities and serve as public production inputs, and “institutions-rules”, which strengthen...
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The effect of 3.6 million refugees on crime
Kirdar, Murat G.; López Cruz, Iván G.; Türküm, Betül - 2021
Most studies examining the impact of migrants on crime rates in hosting populations are in the context of economic … migrants in developed countries. However, we know much less about the crime impact of refugees in low- and middle … limited access to formal employment, and face partial mobility restrictions, we find that total crime per person (including …
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The effect of 3.6 million refugees on crime
Kirdar, Murat G.; López Cruz, Iván G.; Türküm, Betül - 2021
Most studies examining the impact of migrants on crime rates in hosting populations are in the context of economic … migrants in developed countries. However, we know much less about the crime impact of refugees in low- and middle … limited access to formal employment, and face partial mobility restrictions, we find that total crime per person (including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604161
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Terrorism, immigration and asylum approval
Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - 2019
Using the universe of individual asylum cases in the United States from 2000-2004 and a difference-in-differences research design, we test whether Sept. 11, 2001 decreased the likelihood that applicants from Muslim-majority countries were granted asylum. Our estimates suggest that the attacks...
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Trafficking in Women and Forced Migration : Moving Victims Across the Border of Crime into the Domain of Human Rights
McSherry, Bernadette M. - 2010
The response to the trafficking of women is primarily dominated by the discourse of criminal law both internationally and nationally. By contrast, in the refugee law context, women are constructed as victims in a ‘culturally relative', patriarchal society. This paper explores the tensions...
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A window to the world : the long-term effect of television on hate crime
Endrich, Marek - 2020
This paper analyzes the long-term impact of television on hate crimes in Germany. In the German Democratic Republic (GDR) foreign television served as a window to the world and exposed viewers to foreign influences. But certain parts of the GDR were excluded from receiving Western television due...
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Terrorism, immigration and asylum approval
Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012177596
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Terrorism, immigration and asylum approval
Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 168 (2019), pp. 119-131
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Followed by violence : forced immigration and homicides
Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Santos, Rafael J. - 2018
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