Immigration, Regional Conditions, and Crime: Evidence from an Allocation Policy in Germany

Marc Piopiunik () and Jens Ruhose ()

No 8962, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: After the collapse of the Soviet Union, more than 3 million people with German ancestors immigrated to Germany under a special law granting immediate citizenship. Exploiting the exogenous allocation of ethnic German immigrants by German authorities across regions upon arrival, we find that immigration significantly increases crime. The crime impact of immigration depends strongly on local labor market conditions, with strong impacts in regions with high unemployment. Similarly, we find substantially stronger effects in regions with high preexisting crime levels or large shares of foreigners.

Keywords: allocation policy; crime; immigration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J15 K42 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2015-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-law, nep-mig and nep-ure
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Published - published in: European Economic Review, 2017, 92, 258-282

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