| Description |
vi, 241 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents |
Theory of poverty traps: what have we learned? / Costas Azariadis -- Persistence of poverty in the Americas: the role of institutions / Stanley L. Engerman, Kenneth L. Sokoloff -- Parasites / Halvor Mehlum, Karl Moene, Ragnar Torvik -- 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Poverty.
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| Added Author |
Bowles, Samuel.
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Durlauf, Steven N.
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Hoff, Karla Ruth.
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Russell Sage Foundation.
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| ISBN |
0691125007 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9780691125007 |
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