Original title: Forced migration and crime: evidence from the 2014 immigration wave to Russia
Authors: Shcherbov, Arsenii
Document type: Research reports
Year: 2024
Language: eng
Series: CERGE-EI Working Paper Series, volume: 782
Abstract: Recent years have spurred significant migration movements, underscoring the need to understand their impacts. This study explores a widely-debated correlation between crime and migration. Specifically, I investigate the 2014 migration wave, studying the response of Russian crime rates to the influx of immigrants from Ukraine. I approximate local crime rates using court data on sentencing decisions and describe relevant migration flows with internet search activity. The application of the difference-in-differences method reveals positive effects for property crime sentencing and the heterogeneous response of violent crime sentencing. The findings of this study are policy-relevant and could prove beneficial in understanding and mitigating the effects of future migration waves.
Keywords: crime; migration; Russia

Institution: Economics Institute AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at external website.
External URL: https://www.cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp782.pdf
Original record: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0354636

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