Neighbourhood Gangs, Crime Spillovers and Teenage Motherhood

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dustmann, Christian; Mertz, Mikkel; Okatenko, Anna
• 署名单位: University of London; University College London; University of London; Queen Mary University London; University of London; University College London; University of London; University College London
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/uead009
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 1901-1936
• 关键词: gender-differences; exposure; VIOLENCE; youth; adolescents; achievement; opportunity; INEQUALITY; impacts; female

摘要

Using an identification strategy based on random assignment of refugees to different municipalities in Denmark between 1986 and 1998, we find strong evidence that gang crime rates in the neighbourhood at assignment increase the probability of boys to commit crimes before the age of 19, and that gang crime (but not other crime) increases the likelihood of teenage motherhood for girls. Higher levels of gang crime also have detrimental and long-lasting effects, with men experiencing significantly higher levels of inactivity and women experiencing lower earnings and higher levels of welfare benefit claims at ages 19 to 28.