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REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES
Volume 72, Issue 4, Pages 1153-1172Publisher
REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES LTD
DOI: 10.1111/0034-6527.00365
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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.
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