@article{ref1,
title="Poverty and Witch Killing",
journal="Review of economic studies",
year="2005",
author="Miguel, Edward",
volume="72",
number="4",
pages="1153-1172",
abstract="This study uses rainfall variation to estimate the impact of income shocks on murder in rural Tanzania. Extreme rainfall (drought or flood) leads to a large increase in the murder of 'witches'--typically elderly women killed by relatives--but not other murders. The findings provide novel evidence on the role of income shocks in causing violent crime, and religious violence in particular.<p />",
language="",
issn="0034-6527",
doi="10.1111/0034-6527.00365",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0034-6527.00365"
}