dc.contributor.author
Ambrosius, Christian
dc.contributor.author
Leblang, David
dc.date.accessioned
2018-07-30T06:42:17Z
dc.date.available
2018-07-30T06:42:17Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/22573
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-379
dc.description.abstract
Existing literature on cross-national variation in violence has paid little attention to the transnational transmission of crime. One such channel are the forced returns of migrants with a criminal record in their countries of temporary residence. Responding to this research gap, we study the effect of US deportations of convicts on levels of violent crime in deportees’ countries of origin for a cross-country panel of up to 123 countries covering the years 2003 to 2015. We find a strong and robust effect of criminal deportations on homicide rates in countries of origin, that is to a large degree driven by deportations towards Latin America and the Caribbean. An additional inflow of ten deportees with a criminal history per 100,000 increases expected homicide rates by more than two. In addition to controlling for country-specific fixed effects, we provide evidence on a causal effect using an instrumental variable approach, that exploits spatial and time variation in migrant populations’ exposure to state level immigration policies in the US
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33 Seiten
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dc.rights.uri
http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen
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dc.subject
Return Migration
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dc.subject
Latin America
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dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::337 Weltwirtschaft
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dc.title
Exporting Murder
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dc.identifier.urn
urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-refubium-22573-7
dc.title.subtitle
US Deportations & the Spread of Violence
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refubium.affiliation
Wirtschaftswissenschaft
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refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
yes
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refubium.series.issueNumber
2018,13 : Economics
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refubium.series.name
Diskussionsbeiträge des Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
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free
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blocked
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access