This association study examines whether or not employers are more likely to support immigration than employees, using … Round 1 of the European Social Survey. We focus on the labor-market impact of immigration in the host country because it is … the labor market. We find evidence to suggest that employers are more likely to be pro-immigration than employees …

We examine the crime-unemployment relationship in 26 EU countries and the possibility of potential asymmetries … when active labour market policies are used to tackle unemployment. To avoid being misled about the effectiveness of crime … fighting policy where a strong link between unemployment and crime cannot be found, policymakers should recognise and further …

, namely its effect on crime. We do this by exploiting two policy changes. First, we examine the effect of a series of national … all welfare recipients immediately from the date of enrollment. By comparing the changes in crime rates among the welfare … recipients in Farum before and after 1987 with that of the rest of Denmark, we identify the effect of workfare on the crime rate. …

simply increasing employment - for instance, preventing anti-social behavior such as crime. Indeed, recent evidence shows … that participation in active labor market programs reduces crime among unemployed young men. The existence of such effects …

In this paper, we estimate the effect of workfare policy on crime by exploiting two exogenous welfare policy changes in … Denmark. Our results show a strong decline in the crime rate among treated unemployment uninsured men relative to untreated … lasting crime reducing effect of workfare policy. …

, whereas active labour market policy appears not to be linked to crime. The combination of a shorter benefit duration and … higher replacement rate, like in the Nordic countries, seems to be a "crime reducing" combination. -- Unemployment ; labour …

, namely its effect on crime. We do this by exploiting two policy changes. First, we examine the effect of a series of national … all welfare recipients immediately from the date of enrollment. By comparing the changes in crime rates among the welfare … recipients in Farum before and after 1987 with that of the rest of Denmark, we identify the effect of workfare on the crime rate …

and preferences) and thus be significantly affected by immigration affecting the distribution of characteristics … immigration, which may change the composition of the population in the ability and/or preference dimension. -- work incentives …

deutschen Arbeitsmarkt und die Qualifikationsstruktur der Arbeitskräfte ab und prognostiziert zum anderen die Chancen und …