91ÉçÇø News - Dept. of Economics /channels/news_feeds/all/term/economics/rss en Does immigration really increase crime? /channels/channels/news/does-immigration-really-increase-crime-347099 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Many people who oppose immigration say that it increases crime. But does immigration really affect crime? Studying a country whose proportion of migrants has tripled in less than ten years, researchers find immigration significantly impacts people’s perceptions of crime but has no effect on actual crime.</p> <p>The research, led by <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/nicolas-ajzenman">Nicolas Ajzenman</a>, a professor of economics at 91ÉçÇø, shows that while migrants don’t cause crime rates to increase, false perceptions endure anyway.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/immigration-web.jpg?itok=KClx08VX" width="160" height="113" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:50:30 +0000 webfull 188648 at /channels Study challenges attitudes about young people and pandemic preventative measures, plus other stories /channels/channels/news/study-challenges-attitudes-about-young-people-and-pandemic-preventative-measures-plus-other-stories-340677 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img alt=" Getty Images" src="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/channels/image/covid-measures.jpg" style="width:100%" /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 09 Aug 2022 20:03:45 +0000 webfull 181187 at /channels