DO IMMIGRANTS CAUSE CRIME?

被引：171

作者：

Bianchi, Milo ^{[1
]}

Buonanno, Paolo ^{[2
]}

Pinotti, Paolo ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Paris 09, F-75775 Paris 16, France

[2] Univ Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

[3] Univ Bocconi, Milan, Italy

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION | 2012年 / 10卷 / 06期

关键词：

F22; J15; K42; R10; LABOR-MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT; IMPACT; PUNISHMENT; RATES;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1542-4774.2012.01085.x

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

020101 [政治经济学];

摘要：

We examine the empirical relationship between immigration and crime across Italian provinces during the period 19902003. Drawing on police administrative records, we first document that the size of the immigrant population is positively correlated with the incidence of property crimes and with the overall crime rate. Then, we use instrumental variables based on immigration toward destination countries other than Italy to identify the causal impact of exogenous changes in Italys immigrant population. According to these estimates, immigration increases only the incidence of robberies, while leaving unaffected all other types of crime. Since robberies represent a very minor fraction of all criminal offenses, the effect on the overall crime rate is not significantly different from zero.

引用

页码：1318 / 1347

页数：30

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