Poverty traps / edited by Samuel Bowles, Steven N. Durlauf, and Karla Hoff.

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Publication InfoNew York : Russell Sage Foundation ; Princeton : Princeton University Press,
Descriptionvi, 241 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Poverty traps.

Other author/creatorBowles, Samuel.
Other author/creatorDurlauf, Steven N.
Other author/creatorHoff, Karla Ruth.
Other author/creatorRussell Sage Foundation.
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2005051066
ISBN0691125007 (cloth : alk. paper)

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