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Neighbourhood Gangs, Crime Spillovers, and Teenage Motherhood

Dustmann, Christian; Mertz, Mikkel; Okatenko, Anna; (2023) Neighbourhood Gangs, Crime Spillovers, and Teenage Motherhood. (IZA Discussion 16158). SSRN: Rochester, NY, USA. Green open access

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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
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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