Place-based Policies in Deprived Neighbourhoods: Opportunities for Preexisting Residents and Neighbourhood Revitalisation?- co-authored with Damm, A. P. and Hassani, A. Summary of earlier draft of the paper - CEPR Spatial Disparities and Policy Session at 12th European Meeting of the UEA
Abstract: Place-based neighbourhood revitalisation policies are widely adopted to reduce urban inequalities and improve economic opportunities of preexisting residents. This paper asks whether one such policy ̶ Denmark’s large-scale intervention in disadvantaged public-housing neighbourhoods on the “Ghetto List” in 2010 ̶ altered the trajectories of the neighbourhoods and improved economic outcomes of pre-existing residents. The neighbourhoods were eligible for additional funding for infrastructural improvements and social programmes. The local government and the public housing association formulated a development plan for each neighbourhood. We leverage a novel geo-referenced data set linked with administrative registers and defines similar, yet untargeted neighbourhoods and their pre-existing residents as the control group. Our difference-in-difference estimates show that the programme reduced crime, both through a short-run compositional change, and through an 9.5% reduction in the likelihood of a criminal conviction among pre-existing residents, driven by those with a history of criminal activity. The findings suggest that place-based programmes can be effective in improving economic outcomes of preexisting residents and poorer neighbourhoods.
Refugee Migration and Crime - coauthored with Damm, A. P., Hassani, A. and Trimborn, T.
More Europe, Less Work? EU Expansions, Immigration and Low-Skilled Employment - solo-authored
Changing Local Markets - Economic Impacts of Immigration and Place-Based Policies - Changing Local Markets