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Urban Regeneration Projects and Crime: Evidence from Glasgow

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  • Daniel Borbely

    (Economics Group, School of Business, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK)

  • Gennaro Rossi

    (Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, 9 Mappin Str, Sheffield S1 4DT, UK)

Abstract

This study investigates the effects of urban regeneration on crime, leveraging recent large-scale regeneration projects – called Transformational Regeneration Areas (TRAs) – in Glasgow, Scotland. We employ a difference-in-differences approach that makes use of variation in both the timing of TRA implementation, and in proximity to these areas to measure exposure to urban regeneration projects. Our findings are consistent with changing neighbourhood composition and the elimination of physical spaces that harbour criminal activity driving local crime reductions. We find a large and significant reduction in crime within 400 metres of TRAs but this effect fades as we move further away. Simultaneously, we find no evidence of city-wide reductions in crime after urban regeneration.

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  • Daniel Borbely & Gennaro Rossi, 2022. "Urban Regeneration Projects and Crime: Evidence from Glasgow," Working Papers 2022020, The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:shf:wpaper:2022020
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    Keywords

    Crime; Housing; Spatial Spillovers; Urban Regeneration;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • R20 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - General
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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