Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232641 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13889
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
How can the regularization of approximately half a million migrant's impact crime reports in hosting areas? To identify the effects of this large amnesty, we match confidential administrative data on the location of undocumented migrants with department-monthly data from crime reports and compare crime outcomes in departments that were granted different average time windows to register for the amnesty online, before and after the amnesty roll-out. We document that the regularization caused a reduction of domestic crime and an increment on sexual crime reports. Both results are in line with qualitative evidence suggesting that the regularization empowered migrants to report crimes against them and also improved their mental health.
Subjects: 
migration
crime
regularization
JEL: 
D72
F2
O15
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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