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Joel Carr is a PhD student in Applied Economics and researcher at the University of Antwerp since 2018. Joel’s research expertise and dissertation focus on the impact of significant social events on the expression of prejudice, such as hate crimes, discrimination, etc. In addition, he researches the relationship between economics and crime, particularly the effect of labour market policies on criminal activity.