Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap between Immigrants and the US-Born, 1870-2020
Abramitzky, Ran
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap between Immigrants and the US-Born, 1870-2020 - American Economic Review: Insights 2024 - 453-471
We provide the first nationally representative long-run series (1870-2020) of incarceration rates for immigrants and the US-born. As a group, immigrants have had lower incarceration rates than the US-born for 150 years. Moreover, relative to the US-born,
2640-205X
Economic History
Economics of Minorities
Indigenous Peoples
International Relations
Labor and Consumers
Non-Labor Discrimination
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap between Immigrants and the US-Born, 1870-2020 - American Economic Review: Insights 2024 - 453-471
We provide the first nationally representative long-run series (1870-2020) of incarceration rates for immigrants and the US-born. As a group, immigrants have had lower incarceration rates than the US-born for 150 years. Moreover, relative to the US-born,
2640-205X
Economic History
Economics of Minorities
Indigenous Peoples
International Relations
Labor and Consumers
Non-Labor Discrimination