| Description |
vi, 241 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The theory of poverty traps : what have we learned? / Costas Azariadis -- Ch. 2. The persistence of poverty in the Americas : the role of institutions / Stanley L. Engerman and Kenneth L. Sokoloff -- Ch. 3. Parasites / Halvor Mehlum, Karl Moene and Ragnar Torvik -- Ch. 4. The kin system as a poverty trap? / Karla Hoff and Arijit Sen -- Ch. 5. Institutional poverty traps / Samuel Bowles -- Ch. 6. Groups, social influences, and inequality / Steven N. Durlauf -- Ch. 7. Durable inequality : spatial dynamics, social processes, and the persistence of poverty in Chicago neighborhoods / Robert J. Sampson and Jeffrey D. Morenoff -- Ch. 8. Spatial concentration and social stratification : does the clustering of disadvantage "beget" bad outcomes? / Michael E. Sobel |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Poverty.
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| Author |
Bowles, Samuel.
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Durlauf, Steven N.
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Hoff, Karla, 1953-
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Russell Sage Foundation.
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| LC no. |
2005051066 |
| ISBN |
0691125007 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780691125007 cloth alkaline paper |
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