Replication data for: Does Growing Up in a High Crime Neighborhood Affect Youth Criminal Behavior?
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Project Citation:
Damm, Anna Piil, and Dustmann, Christian. Replication data for: Does Growing Up in a High Crime Neighborhood Affect Youth Criminal Behavior? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112830V1
Project Description
Summary:
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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.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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