Replication data for: The Criminal Justice Response to Policy Interventions: Evidence from Immigration Reform
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Sarah Bohn; Matthew Freedman; Emily Owens
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Project Citation:
Bohn, Sarah, Freedman, Matthew, and Owens, Emily. Replication data for: The Criminal Justice Response to Policy Interventions: Evidence from Immigration Reform. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113381V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Changes in the treatment of individuals by the criminal justice system following a policy intervention may bias estimates of the effects of the intervention on underlying criminal activity. We explore the importance of such changes in the context of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Using administrative data from San Antonio, Texas, we examine variation across neighborhoods and ethnicities in police arrests and in the rate at which those arrests are prosecuted. We find that changes in police behavior around IRCA confound estimates of the effects of the policy and its restrictions on employment on criminal activity.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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Discrimination;
IRCA;
Crime;
Immigration;
Policing;
Law Enforcement;
Police;
Criminal Justice
JEL Classification:
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J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
J18 Demographic Economics: Public Policy
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
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
J18 Demographic Economics: Public Policy
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
Geographic Coverage:
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Bexar County, Texas, USA
Time Period(s):
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7/1986 – 3/1991
Universe:
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All felony and misdemeanor arrests as well as prosecutorial acceptance rates by census block group and month in Bexar County, Texas, USA.
Data Type(s):
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administrative records data;
census/enumeration data
Methodology
Data Source:
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Bexar County Department of Information Technology, Census Bureau
Unit(s) of Observation:
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Census Block Group by Month,
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