Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278856 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16158
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
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.
Subjects: 
crime spillovers
gang crime
teenage motherhood
JEL: 
J1
K4
I3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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