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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Maghularia, Rita
• Uebelmesser, Silke

Titel

Do immigrants affect crime? Evidence for Germany

Ist Teil von

• Journal of economic behavior & organization, 2023-07, Vol.211, p.486-512

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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Quelle

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals Complete

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •We causally analyse the link between immigrants and crime in Germany for 2008–2019.•The effect is positive for the early sub-period and negative or insignificant for the later one.•When analyzing the total period, the estimates average out to zero.•We study the composition of the migrant group.•The type of residence permit plays an important role. The paper empirically analyses the causal relationship between immigrants and crime using data for German administrative districts between 2008 and 2019. Before the refugee crisis (2008–2014), an increase in the current share of immigrants increased the total crime rate. In contrast, the effect was negative (or insignificant) during and after the refugee crisis (2015–2019). When analysing the total period, the estimates average out to zero. Studying more closely the composition of the migrant group, a plausible explanation of the negative (or insignificant) effect of immigrants on crime in the later period is related to a larger share of migrants with a less certain residence status.