Crime among refugees receiving initial welfare benefits had a spillover effect on their neighbors
Researchers behind the publication David Jinkins, Associate Professor of Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; Elira Kuka, Associate Professor of Economics, George Washington University, USA; Claudio Labanca, Assistant Professor of Economics, Monash University, Australia.
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