Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295552 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
CReAM Discussion Paper Series No. 25/16
Publisher: 
Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, London
Abstract: 
We estimate the effect of immigrant legalization on the crime rate of immigrants in Italy by exploiting an ideal regression discontinuity design: fixed quotas of residence permits are available each year, applications must be submitted electronically on specific 'Click Days', and are processed on a first-come, first-served basis until the available quotas are exhausted. Matching data on applications with individual- level criminal records, we show that legalization reduces the crime rate of legalized immigrants by 0.6 percentage points on average, on a baseline crime rate of 1.1 percent.
Subjects: 
legal status
crime
regression discontinuity design
JEL: 
J61
K37
K42
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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