%0 Journal Article
%T Poverty and Witch Killing
%J Review of economic studies
%D 2005
%A Miguel, Edward
%V 72
%N 4
%P 1153-1172
%X 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 />
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0034-6527
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0034-6527.00365