CRIME AND IMMIGRATION: EVIDENCE FROM LARGE IMMIGRANT WAVES

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bell, Brian; Fasani, Francesco; Machin, Stephen
• 署名单位: University of Oxford; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC); CSIC - Institut d'Analisi Economica (IAE); University of London; University College London
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00337
• 发表日期: 2013-10
• 页码: 1278-1290
• 关键词: ethnic enclaves; IMPACT

摘要

This paper focuses on empirical connections between crime and immigration, studying two large waves of recent U. K. immigration ( the late 1990s/early 2000s asylum seekers and the post-2004 inflow from EU accession countries). The first wave led to a modest but significant rise in property crime, while the second wave had a small negative impact. There was no effect on violent crime; arrest rates were not different, and changes in crime cannot be ascribed to crimes against immigrants. The findings are consistent with the notion that differences in labor market opportunities of different migrant groups shape their potential impact on crime.