Immigration enforcement and crime

Paolo Pinotti

No 1502, BAFFI CAREFIN Working Papers from BAFFI CAREFIN, Centre for Applied Research on International Markets Banking Finance and Regulation, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy

Abstract: Immigration enforcement has ambiguous implications for the crime rate of undocumented immigrants. On the one hand, expulsions reduce the pool of immigrants at risk of committing crimes, on the other they lower the opportunity cost of crime for those who are not expelled. We estimate the e?ect of expulsions on the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in Italy exploiting variation in enforcement toward immigrants of di?erent nationality, due to the existence of bilateral agreements for the control of illegal migration. We ?nd that stricter enforcement of migration policy reduces the crime rate of undocumented immigrants.

Keywords: immigration; enforcement; crime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K37 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 7
Date: 2015
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