This study examines the impact of refugee return on conflict dynamics by assessing the causal effect of a large-scale cash assistance program for Afghan returnees from Pakistan. Initiated due to the expiration of refugees’ Proof of Registration (PoR) cards in June...
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The crime effect of refugees
This paper investigates the impact of Syrian refugees on crime rates in Türkiye between 2006 and 2016. By 2016, approximately 3 million Syrian refugees had settled in Türkiye, resulting in a 4 percent increase in the country’s population.
Jobs, Crime and Votes: A Short-run Evaluation of the Refugee Crisis in Germany
This paper examines the short-term effects of refugee arrivals on labor markets, crime, and voting behavior in Germany. Between 2014 and 2015, more than one million refugees arrived in Germany. The authors exploit exogeneous variations in the number of refugees per...
Do refugees cause crime?
This paper examines the short- and long-term impacts of Syrian refugees on crime rates in Turkey, either because they are directly involved in illegal activities or because they increase the criminality of the native population. At the time this analysis was...
The effect of 3.6 million refugees on crime
This paper estimates the causal effect of inflow Syrian refugees on crime rates in Turkey. By the end of 2020, the number of Syrian refugees in Turkey had reached 3.6 million, almost all of whom live outside of refugee camps in host communities. The authors examine...
Refugees Welcome? Understanding the Regional Heterogeneity of Anti Foreigner Hate Crimes in Germany
This paper examines the effect of the influx of asylum seekers to Germany in 2014 and 2015 on anti-foreigner hate crime. By exploiting the quasi-experimental assignment of asylum seekers to German regions, the authors estimate the causal effect of changes in the share...
Immigration and Crimes against Natives: The 2015 Refugee Crisis in Germany
During the 2015 refugee crisis, nearly one million refugees settled in Germany, raising concerns that the influx of refugees would lead to more crime against natives. Previous studies investigating the impact of refugees or migrants on crime do not use actual rates of...
Refugee Admissions and Public Safety: Are Refugee Settlement Areas More Prone to Crime?
In the United States, growing skepticism about refugees has resulted in expressed concerns regarding their impact on public safety and the possibility that they might bring with them the terror and crime that afflicts many of their countries of origin. The authors...
Internal Forced Displacement and Crime: Evidence from Colombia
This paper examines the relationship between internal displacement and crime in Colombia. The authors consider five categories of crime: homicides, kidnapping, personal injuries, automobile theft and residence burglary. The main explanatory variable is the number of...
Followed by Violence: Forced Immigration and Homicides
This paper examines the causal impact of inflows of internal displaced people (IDP) on homicides in Colombian host municipalities during the period 1999 to 2014. A priori, the authors suggest that IDP inflows might increase crime because: (a) IDPs were exposed to...