Events at CERGE-EI

Let us invite you to a Brown Bag Seminar by William King LeRoy, M.A., B.A., Ph.D., Faculty of Law, Charles University, on Tuesday, December 9, from 13:00 at room 402. You can also attend online.

Presenter: William King Leroy (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Title: "Undocumented Immigration & Crime in the United States: A Micro-Level Analysis"

Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between undocumented immigration and crime using data covering approximately 16,000 migrant hotel rooms during the New York City migrant housing crisis. I exploit the timing of migrant busing from the southern border as an exogenous source of variation in a difference-in-differences specification. I find that an additional 100 migrant shelter hotel rooms (per 100k Hispanics) are associated with 1.11 more Hispanic arrests (per 100k Hispanics) at the modified zip code-by-week level. The baseline results are driven by cash-generating offenses—such as petit and grand larceny—and hinge on access to informal construction hiring hubs. 

You can join the seminar in person at the following address:
CERGE-EI, Politických vězňů 7, Praha 1, room 402

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