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