Derek Christopher
@DerekChristo4
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Postdoc at Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research | Urban, Public, Immigration, Crime
Stanford, CA
Joined September 2018
Early view from JPAM: "Seeking sanctuary: Housing undocumented immigrants" by @DerekChristo4 of @SIEPR. https://t.co/c1org1G5ms
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
This paper studies housing market outcomes of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. and explores the mechanisms behind the differential prices that immigrants pay for shelter. I show that undocumented...
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@UCIrvine Criminology, Law and Society Chair @ProfEmilyOwens & postdoctoral scholar @DerekChristo4 document evolution of crime and police in U.S. since the '80s, highlighting city-level heterogeneity, in new book A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime. https://t.co/zLHlOiNBL7
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.@masera_federico reviews the recent developments in the econ of policing and discusses the determi/nts of police effectiveness. M.Freedman @ProfEmilyOwens & @DerekChristo4 document the evolution of crime & police in🇺🇸 since the 1980s highlighting city-level heterogeneity (10/N)
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Hence, married couples in which one spouse has an SSN and another has an ITIN are generally ineligible for the credit." Mixed status families who have worked hard and met all the other requirements -- tax return filed, below the income threshold -- strike out.
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Another insightful piece by @USCGouldLaw prof & @CSII_USC ally #EmilyRyo. A key finding: likelihood of yr local jail detaining immigrants for ICE was positively associated w/ GOP power (nerd alert -- even in a multivariate regression). Elections matter.
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Between 1983 and 2013, the number of immigrants detained in rural county jails has increased.
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Actual footage of our IPUMS USA team when they saw the 5-year ACS data drop from Census. Let's do this! We'll let you know when we have the IPUMSified version ready to go.
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Trying to understand the @USCIS public charge rule greenlighted today by the Supreme Court? We assessed the rule's possible effects both on future legal immigration + chilling use of public benefits https://t.co/46bUu6Wgyr
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So happy to have my first paper published! Joint work with @Caitlin_K_Myers where we document the increased travel distance for teens seeking confidential abortions. We estimate since 1992 parental involvement laws have led to 100,000+ additional teen births.
“Have parental involvement laws grown teeth?” @DanBLadd and I document the map closing in on teens seeking confidential abortions. Thread 1/11
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UC stands with DACA recipients as we defend our case at the Supreme Court next month! Show support by posting your photo and tagging #UCDACA. And don’t forget to sign the pledge at https://t.co/VaHJQvhYbg.
#DACA #HomeisHere #SCOTUS
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Steal our data! All survey datasets from @PewResearch @PewScience @PewInternet @PewReligion @PewJournalism @PewGlobal available at:
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Interested in @pewscience survey data? You can find it all, including two recently released datasets with questions on climate change and gene editing, here:
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A recent rise in the number of criminal arrests and prosecutions for immigration-related offenses comes amid a severe strain on the nation’s civil immigration courts, which faced a backlog of more than a million cases as of August. https://t.co/1NWja877on
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What happens when @Airbnb enters an area? Rent prices increase substantially as a direct result. Evidence (from 🇪🇸): "Do short-term rent platforms affect housing markets?" https://t.co/GYdv7bwbo5
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We are pleased to announce the 3 inaugural winners for our Excellence of Refereeing Awards. Congratulations to Stéphane Lavertu @Glenn_college, LesleyTurner @VanderbiltU & Emily Owens @UCIrvine for providing the journal w/ a timely, constructive, & insightful refereeing service
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"Leveraging new data tracking individuals' migration, we find rent control limits renters' mobility by 20 percent and lowers displacement from San Francisco."
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(September 2019) - Using a 1994 law change, we exploit quasi-experimental variation in the assignment of rent control in San Francisco to study its impacts on tenants and landlords. Leveraging new...
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