How and Why Does Immigration Affect Crime? Evidence from Malaysia

The perception that immigration fuels crime is an important source of anti-immigrant sentiment. Using Malaysian data for 2003-10, this paper provides estimates of the overall impact of economic immigration on crime, and evidence on different socio-economic mechanisms underpinning this relationship....

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Main Authors:	Ozden, Caglar, Testaverde, Mauro, Wagner, Mathis
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
Subjects:	IMMIGRATION CRIME LABOR MARKET
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32171

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spelling	okr-10986-321712021-05-25T10:54:42Z How and Why Does Immigration Affect Crime? Evidence from Malaysia Ozden, Caglar Testaverde, Mauro Wagner, Mathis IMMIGRATION CRIME LABOR MARKET The perception that immigration fuels crime is an important source of anti-immigrant sentiment. Using Malaysian data for 2003-10, this paper provides estimates of the overall impact of economic immigration on crime, and evidence on different socio-economic mechanisms underpinning this relationship. The IV estimates suggest that immigration decreases crime rates, with an elasticity of around −0.97 for property and -1.8 violent crimes. Three-quarters of the negative causal relationship between immigration and property crime rates can be explained by the impact of immigration on the underlying economic environment faced by natives. The reduction in violent crime rates is less readily explained by these factors. 2019-08-05T19:06:38Z 2019-08-05T19:06:38Z 2018-02-01 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32171 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Malaysia
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description	The perception that immigration fuels crime is an important source of anti-immigrant sentiment. Using Malaysian data for 2003-10, this paper provides estimates of the overall impact of economic immigration on crime, and evidence on different socio-economic mechanisms underpinning this relationship. The IV estimates suggest that immigration decreases crime rates, with an elasticity of around −0.97 for property and -1.8 violent crimes. Three-quarters of the negative causal relationship between immigration and property crime rates can be explained by the impact of immigration on the underlying economic environment faced by natives. The reduction in violent crime rates is less readily explained by these factors.
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author	Ozden, Caglar Testaverde, Mauro Wagner, Mathis
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title	How and Why Does Immigration Affect Crime? Evidence from Malaysia
title_short	How and Why Does Immigration Affect Crime? Evidence from Malaysia
title_full	How and Why Does Immigration Affect Crime? Evidence from Malaysia
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title_full_unstemmed	How and Why Does Immigration Affect Crime? Evidence from Malaysia
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publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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How and Why Does Immigration Affect Crime? Evidence from Malaysia

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