often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based … on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that there is no simple link between immigration and crime, but …Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is …

effect on immigrant crime. We difference out unobserved timevarying factors by 1) comparing recidivism rates of immigrants … differences in crime rates between legal and illegal immigrants. …

Nordic countries such as Sweden, Norway and Finland have been consistently the most favourable to immigration while … high average levels of support for immigration, however, many countries of western and northern Europe are quite strongly … polarized internally along educational and age lines. This can perhaps explain why political divisions over immigration can be …

demand and technology, production expansion, and specialization of native workers as immigration rises. …

This paper investigates the effect of local crime on well-being in Germany, using data from the German Socio …-Economic Panel (SOEP) and a novel data set constructed from official police crime statistics, covering both counties and urban … districts for the time period between 1994 and 2012. We find that local area crime has a significantly negative impact on life …