Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295463 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
CReAM Discussion Paper Series No. 29/13
Publisher: 
Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, London
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the effect of early exposure to neighborhood crime on subsequent criminal behavior of youth exploiting a unique natural experiment between 1986 and 1998 when refugee immigrants to Denmark were assigned to neighborhoods quasi-randomly. We find strong evidence that the share of young people convicted for crimes, in particular violent crimes, in the neighborhood increases convictions of male assignees later in life. No such effects are found for other measures of neighborhood crime including the rate of committed crimes. Our findings suggest social interaction as a key channel through which neighborhood crime is linked to individual criminal behavior.
Subjects: 
Neighborhood effects
criminal convictions
social interactions
random allocation
JEL: 
J0
H43
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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