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RECERCAT author Trajtenberg, Nico author Fossati, Serena author Diaz, Carlos author Nivette, Amy E. author Aguilar, Raul author Ahven, Andri author Andrade, L. author Amram, Shai author Ariel, Barak author Arosemena, María José author Astolfi, Roberta author Baier, Dirk author Bark, Hyung-Min author Beijers, Joris E. H. author Bergman, Marcelo author Borges, D. author Breetzke, Gregory author Cano, I. author Concha, I. A. author Curtis, Sophie author Davenport, Ryan author Droppelman, C. author Fleitas, Diego author Gerell, Manne author Jang, Kwang-Ho author Kääriäinen, Juha author Lappi, Tapio author Lim, Woon-Sik author Loureiro, Rosa author Mazerolle, Lorraine author Mendoza, C. author Meško, Gorazd author Pereda Beltran, Noemí author Peres, Maria F. T. author Poblete, Rubén author Rojido, E. author Rose, Simon author Sanchez, O. author Svensson, Robert author van der Lippe, Tanja author Veldkamp, Joran author Vilalta, Carlos J. author Zahnow, Renee author Eisner, Manuel P. 2025-02-19T15:53:54Z2025-02-19T15:53:54Z20242025-02-19T15:53:54Z There is a vast literature evaluating the empirical association between stay-at-home policies and crime during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, these academic efforts have primarily focused on the effects within specific cities or regions rather than adopting a cross-national comparative approach. Moreover, this body of literature not only generally lacks causal estimates but also has overlooked possible heterogeneities across different levels of stringency in mobility restrictions. This paper exploits the spatial and temporal variation of government responses to the pandemic in 45 cities across five continents to identify the causal impact of strict lockdown policies on the number of offenses reported to local police. We find that cities that implemented strict lockdowns experienced larger declines in some crime types (robbery, burglary, vehicle theft) but not others (assault, theft, homicide). This decline in crime rates attributed to more stringent policy responses represents only a small proportion of the effects documented in the literature cc by (c) Trajtenberg, Nico et al., 2024 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Confinament (Emergència sanitària) COVID-19 Delictes Confinement (Sanitary emergency) COVID-19 Crime The heterogeneous effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on crime across the world info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion