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View article: Job Displacement, Unemployment Benefits and Domestic Violence
Job Displacement, Unemployment Benefits and Domestic Violence Open
We estimate impacts of male job loss, female job loss, and male unemployment benefits on domestic violence (DV) in Brazil. We merge individual-level employment and welfare registers with different measures of DV: judicial cases brought to …
View article: Making Subsidies Work: Rules versus Discretion
Making Subsidies Work: Rules versus Discretion Open
We estimate the employment effects of a large program of public investment subsidies to private firms that ranked applicants on a score reflecting both objective rules and local politicians' discretion. Leveraging the rationing of funds as…
View article: There’s More to Marriage Than Love: The Effect of Legal Status and Cultural Distance on Intermarriages and Separations
There’s More to Marriage Than Love: The Effect of Legal Status and Cultural Distance on Intermarriages and Separations Open
This paper analyses the marriage decisions of natives and migrants focusing on the role of legal status and cultural distance. We exploit the successive enlargements of the European Union as a natural experiment that granted legal status o…
View article: Fuelling Organised Crime: the Mexican War on Drugs and Oil Theft
Fuelling Organised Crime: the Mexican War on Drugs and Oil Theft Open
We show that the Mexican war on drugs pushed drug cartels into large-scale oil theft. We propose a simple model in which government crackdowns on one criminal sector induce criminal organisations to invest in a new sector. When entering th…
View article: Immigration and Crime: An International Perspective
Immigration and Crime: An International Perspective Open
The association between immigration and crime has long been a subject of debate, and only recently have we encountered systematic empirical evidence on this issue. Data shows that immigrants, often younger, male, and less educated compared…
View article: The Effect of Job Loss and Unemployment Insurance on Crime in Brazil
The Effect of Job Loss and Unemployment Insurance on Crime in Brazil Open
We investigate the impact of job loss on crime and the mitigating role of unemployment benefits, exploiting detailed individual‐level data linking employment careers, criminal records, and welfare registries for the universe of male worker…