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Title: Spatial Analysis of Metropolitan Area Homicide Rates and their Relationship to Immigrant Growth and Concentration, 1970-2000

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Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: This paper examines the effect of metropolitan area immigrant concentration on the metropolitan area homicide rate over a three decade period. A fixed effect panel model is used to correct for unobserved heterogeneity between areas and the spatial clustering of homicide deaths is explicitly incorporated into the model structure. Results from the analysis suggest that the effect of immigration on homicide is time-invariant, and that increased immigration has had a protective effect against homicide in recent decades. The observed spatial clustering of homicide deaths appears to be the consequence of the geographic clustering of unobserved variables, and the spatially-adjusted model is similar to the non-spatial model in both coefficient magnitude and statistical inference.

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Authors: Ruther, Matt

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Crime and Deviance, Migration and Immigration, Poverty and Welfare

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