TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Poverty and Witch Killing
JO  - Review of economic studies
A1  - Miguel, Edward
SP  - 1153
EP  - 1172
VL  - 72
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 /> 
LA  - 
SN  - 0034-6527
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0034-6527.00365
ID  - ref1
ER  -