@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp4470,
            	author={Bjerk, David J.},
            	title={Thieves, Thugs, and Neighborhood Poverty},
            	year={2009},
	month={Oct},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={4470},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4470},
	abstract={This paper develops a model of crime analyzing how such behavior is associated with individual and neighborhood poverty. The model shows that even under relatively minimal assumptions, a connection between individual poverty and both property and violent crimes will arise, and moreover, "neighborhood" effects can develop, but will differ substantially in nature across crime types. A key implication is that greater economic segregation in a city should have no effect or a negative effect on property crime, but a positive effect on violent crime. Using IV methods, I show this implication to be consistent with the empirical evidence.},
	keywords={instrumental variables;poverty;crime;neighborhood effects;segregation;public housing},
            }