Unintended effects of the Alabama HB 56 immigration law on crime: A preliminary analysis

Yinjunjie Zhang; Marco A. Palma; Zhicheng Phil Xu

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2016.08.026

Unintended effects of the Alabama HB 56 immigration law on crime: A preliminary analysis

Yinjunjie Zhang, Marco A. Palma, Zhicheng Phil Xu^*

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Abstract

The Alabama HB 56 act passed in 2011 is the strictest anti-illegal immigration bill in the United States. Using the synthetic control method to create a counterfactual Alabama, this paper provides suggestive evidence that Alabama HB 56 led to an increase in violent crime rates, but had no significant impact on property crime rates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	68-71
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	147
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.08.026
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2016
Externally published	Yes

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