@article{ref1,
title="Racial Beliefs, Location, and the Causes of Crime",
journal="International economic review",
year="2004",
author="Verdier, Thierry and Zenou, Yves",
volume="45",
number="3",
pages="731-760",
abstract="This article provides a unified explanation for why blacks commit more crime, are located in poorer neighborhoods, and receive lower wages than whites. If everybody believes that blacks are more criminal than whites--even if there is no basis for this--then blacks are offered lower wages and, as a result, locate further away from jobs. Distant residence increases even more the black-white wage gap because of more tiredness and higher commuting costs. Blacks have thus a lower opportunity cost of committing crime and become indeed more criminal than whites. Therefore, beliefs are self-fulfilling.<p />",
language="",
issn="0020-6598",
doi="10.1111/j.0020-6598.2004.00285.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0020-6598.2004.00285.x"
}