TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bjerk, David J.
        TI  - Thieves, Thugs, and Neighborhood Poverty
        PY  - 2009/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4470
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4470
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - instrumental variables
KW  - poverty
KW  - crime
KW  - neighborhood effects
KW  - segregation
KW  - public housing
        ER  -