ISBN:
9780203799659
,
0203799658
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xviii, 409 pages)
,
illustrations.
Series Statement:
Priorities in development economics
Parallel Title:
Print version Social economics of poverty
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Economics Sociological aspects
;
Human behavior Economic aspects
;
Économie politique Aspect sociologique
;
Pauvreté
;
Comportement humain Aspect économique
;
Poverty
;
Economics Sociological aspects
;
Human behavior Economic aspects
;
Poverty
;
Economics Sociological aspects
;
Human behavior Economic aspects
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Economics ; Sociological aspects
;
Human behavior ; Economic aspects
;
Poverty
;
Armut
;
Gemeinschaft
;
Identität
;
Notlage
;
Soziales Netzwerk
;
Soziokultureller Faktor
;
Wirtschaftliches Verhalten
;
Wirtschaftstheorie
;
Armoede
;
Sociale politiek
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
On the relevance of identities, communities, groups, and networks to the economics of poverty alleviation / Christopher B. BarrettToward 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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