The social economics of poverty : on identities, communities, groups, and networks /

The social economics of poverty : on identities, communities, groups, and networks /

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This title presents an analysis of the moral and social dimensions of microeconomic behaviour, questioning the application of standard neo-classical assumptions to communities with widespread disparity of income

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Barrett, Christopher B (Christopher Brendan)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005
Series:Priorities for development economics
Subjects:
Economics > Sociological aspects
Human behavior > Economic aspects
Poverty
Comportement humain > Aspect économique
Comportement humain > Aspect économique
Économie politique > Aspect sociologique
Pauvreté
Pauvreté
Économie politique > Aspect sociologique
Armut
Gemeinschaft
Identität
Identität
Notlage
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture
Soziales Netzwerk
Soziokultureller Faktor
Wirtschaftliches Verhalten
Wirtschaftstheorie
Armoede
Sociale politiek
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Table of Contents:
  • On the relevance of identities, communities, groups, and networks to the economics of poverty alleviation / Christopher B. Barrett
  • Toward an economic theory of dysfunctional identity / Hanming Fang and Glenn C. Loury
  • Polarization : concepts, measurement, estimation / Jean-Yves Duclos, Joan Esteban and Debraj Ray
  • Evolutionary equilibrium with forward-looking players / Lawrence E. Blume
  • Is inequality an evolutionary universal? / Samuel Bowles
  • Bridging communal divides : separation, patronage, integration / Indraneel Dasgupta and Ravi Kanbur
  • The extended family system and market interactions / Karla Hoff and Arijit Sen
  • Social divisions within schools : how school policies can affect students' identities and educational choices / George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton
  • Smallholder identities and social networks : the challenge of improving productivity and welfare / Christopher B. Barrett
  • Social networks in Ghana / Christopher R. Udry and Timothy G. Conley
  • Coping with disaster : morals, markets and mutual insurance : using economic experiments to study recovery from Hurricane Mitch / Michael R. Carter and Marco Castillo
  • The role of ethnicity and networks in agricultural trade : evidence from Africa / Marcel Fafchamps
  • Altruism, household co-residence and women's health investment in rural Bangladesh / Andrew D. Foster
  • Self-help groups and income generation in the informal settlements of Nairobi / Eliana La Ferrara
  • Community ties and land inheritance in the context of rising outside opportunities : evidence from the Peruvian highlands / Tatiana Goetghebuer and Jean-Philippe Platteau

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