A paper by Giovanni Mastrobuoni and Paolo Pinotti∗
Abstract: We exploit exogenous variation in legal status following the January
2007 European Union enlargement to estimate its effect on
immigrant crime. We difference out unobserved time-varying factors
by i) comparing recidivism rates of immigrants from the “new”
and “candidate” member countries; and ii) using arrest data on
foreign detainees released upon a mass clemency that occurred in
Italy in August 2006. The timing of the two events allows us to
setup a difference-in-differences strategy. Legal status leads to a 50
percent reduction in recidivism, and explains one-half to two-thirds
of the observed differences in crime rates between legal and illegal
immigrants.
JEL: F22, K42, C41
Keywords: immigration, crime, legal status
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