Poverty traps /
Title By: Bowles, Samuel | Durlauf, Steven N | Hoff, Karla Ruth
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BookPublisher: New York : Princeton : Russell Sage Foundation ; Princeton University Press, c2006.Description: vi, 241 p. : ill ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0691125007 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): PovertyDDC classification: 339.4/6 Online resources: Location Map
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 339.46 PO VE (Browse shelf) | Available | T0038013 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The theory of poverty traps: what have we learned? / Costas Azariadis -- The persistence of poverty in the Americas: the role of institutions / Stanley L. Engerman, Kenneth L. Sokoloff -- Parasites / Halvor Mehlum, Karl Moene, Ragnar Torvik -- The kin system as a poverty trap? / Karla Hoff, Arijit Sen -- Institutional poverty traps / Samuel Bowles -- Groups, social influences, and inequality / Steven N. Durlauf -- Durable inequality: spacial dynamics, social processes, and the persistence of poverty in Chicago neighborhoods / Robert J. Sampson, Jeffrey D. Morenoff -- Spatial concentration and social stratification: does the clustering of disadvantage "beget" bad outcomes? / Michael E. Sobel.