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Does more immigration lead to more violent and property crimes? A case study of 30 selected OECD countries

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  • Muhammad Tufail
  • Lin Song
  • Sher Ali
  • Salman Wahab
  • Taimoor Hassan

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In many developed countries around the world, the connection between immigration and crime has been a subject of discussion. The indigenous populations of the most advanced nations usually held the opinion that immigration fuels delinquency. Therefore, this paper provides an empirical connection between immigration and crime in the period 1988-2018 across 30 OECD countries. For empirical analysis, advanced panel econometric approaches are used which can address both heterogonous coefficients and cross-section dependency. The findings show that no statistical evidence exists to relate an increase in the number of immigrants to the rise of any kind of crime. If there is we found a significant negative association between immigrants and only one of the six kinds of crime studied. Moreover, an increase in foreign prisoners (FP) reduces all kinds of crimes. While an increase in the real gross domestic product (RGDP) only increases property crimes. The increase in M25–29 only increases serious assault (SA) out of six crime types analysed.

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  • Muhammad Tufail & Lin Song & Sher Ali & Salman Wahab & Taimoor Hassan, 2023. "Does more immigration lead to more violent and property crimes? A case study of 30 selected OECD countries," Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(1), pages 1867-1885, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:reroxx:v:36:y:2023:i:1:p:1867-1885
    DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2022.2094437
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