%0 Report
        %A Bjerk, David J.
        %T Thieves, Thugs, and Neighborhood Poverty
        %D 2009
        %8 2009 Oct
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 4470
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4470
        %X 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.
        %K instrumental variables
%K poverty
%K crime
%K neighborhood effects
%K segregation
%K public housing