Neighbourhood Gangs, Crime Spillovers, and Teenage Motherhood

Christian Dustmann, Mikkel Mertz and Anna Okatenko

No 16158, IZA Discussion Papers from IZA Network @ LISER

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: teenage motherhood; gang crime; crime spillovers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I3 J1 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 76 pages
Date: 2023-05
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Published - published in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (653), 1901–1936

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