Dustmann, Christian;
Mertz, Mikkel;
Okatenko, Anna;
(2023)
Neighbourhood Gangs, Crime Spillovers, and Teenage Motherhood.
(IZA Discussion
16158).
SSRN: Rochester, NY, USA.
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Abstract
Using an identification strategy based on random assignment of refugees to different municipalities in Denmark between 1986 and 1998, we find strong evidence that gang crime rates in the neighbourhood at assignment increase the probability of boys to commit crimes before the age of 19, and that gang crime (but not other crime) increases the likelihood of teenage motherhood for girls. Higher levels of gang crime also have detrimental and long-lasting effects, with men experiencing significantly higher levels of inactivity and women experiencing lower earnings and higher levels of welfare benefit claims at ages 19 to 28.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
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| Title: | Neighbourhood Gangs, Crime Spillovers, and Teenage Motherhood |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2139/ssrn.4457824 |
| Publisher version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4457824 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | rime spillovers, gang crime, teenage motherhood |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10171673 |
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