How and Why Does Immigration Affect Crime? Evidence from Malaysia

Özden, Çağlar; Testaverde, Mauro; Wagner, Mathis

doi:10.1093/wber/lhx010

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“…In general, fears that immigrants are disproportionately more involved in criminal activities than natives do not seem to be justified by the existing literature; on the contrary immigration has often led to a reduction in crime. For instance, recent research from Malaysia finds that immigrants reduce crime (Özden, Testaverde, and Wagner, 2018). These results are in line with international evidence showing that immigration has no effect on violent crime and no, or only a small effect, on crime (Adelman 2017;Bell, Fasani, and Machin, 34 By way of example, migrants make up 16 percent of the US labor force, but are concentrated in certain sectors.…”

Section: Social Costs In Destination Areassupporting

confidence: 59%

Migration and Jobs: Issues for the 21st Century

Christiaensen¹,

Gonzalez

Robalino³

2019

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Some rights reservedThis work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of The World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgment on the part of The World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.Nothing herein shall constitute or be considered to be a limitation upon or waiver of the privileges and immunities of The World Bank, all of which are specifically reserved.

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Section: Social Costs In Destination Areassupporting

confidence: 59%

Migration and Jobs: Issues for the 21st Century

Christiaensen¹,

Gonzalez

Robalino³

2019

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“…Prior to legalization, IRCA applicants are unable to access the formal employment sector. 1 I calibrate parameters of the model, including those for full and part-time wages and for job finding and losing rates, to correspond to real-world values. In this model, the level of crime is equal to the total proportion of time allocated to the crime sector throughout the economy relative to the total amount of time available.…”

Section: Labor Market Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Immigrant Legalization on Crime

Baker

2015

American Economic Review

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I examine the effects that the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), which legalized almost 3 million immigrants, had on crime in the United States. I exploit the IRCA's quasi-random timing as well as geographic variation in the intensity of treatment to isolate causal impacts. I find decreases in crime of 3-5 percent, primarily due to decline in property crimes, equivalent to 120,000-180,000 fewer violent and property crimes committed each year due to legalization. I calibrate a labor market model of crime, finding that much of the drop in crime can be explained by greater labor market opportunities among applicants.

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“…3 See, for example, Amuedo-Dorantes et al ( 2018), Bell et al (2013), Bianchi et al (2012), Butcher and Piehl (1998), Chalfin (2014), Chalfin (2015), Lee et al (2001), Light and Miller (2018), Mastrobuoni and Pinotti (2011), Moehling and Piehl (2009), Nunziata (2015), Ozden et al (2018), Pfeiffer et al (2018), Piopiunik and Ruhose (2017), and Spenkuch (2014).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%