LEADER 04754nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910781728503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-29103-7 010 $a9786613291035 010 $a1-4008-4129-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400841295 035 $a(CKB)2550000000050037 035 $a(EBL)784526 035 $a(OCoLC)757261058 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000639929 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11383918 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000639929 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10605446 035 $a(PQKB)10330711 035 $a(OCoLC)763160834 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37051 035 $a(DE-B1597)447248 035 $a(OCoLC)1054880022 035 $a(OCoLC)979745755 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400841295 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL784526 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10503242 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL329103 035 $z(PPN)195532465 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784526 035 $a(PPN)187958785 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000050037 100 $a20050627d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPoverty traps$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Samuel Bowles, Steven N. Durlauf, and Karla Hoff 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aNew York $cRussell Sage Foundation ;$aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-17093-2 311 $a0-691-12500-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction / $rBowles, Samuel / Durlauf, Steven N. / Hoff, Karla -- $tPart I. Threshold Effects -- $tChapter 1. The Theory of Poverty Traps. What Have We Learned? / $rAzariadis, Costas -- $tPart II. Institutions -- $tChapter 2. The Persistence of Poverty in The Americas: The Role of Institutions / $rEngerman, Stanley L. / Sokoloff, Kenneth L. -- $tChapter 3. Parasites / $rMehlum, Halvor / Moene, Karl / Torvik, Ragnar -- $tChapter 4. The Kin System as a Poverty Trap? / $rHoff, Karla / Sen, Arijit -- $tChapter 5. Institutional Poverty Traps / $rBowles, Samuel -- $tPart III. Neighborhood Effects -- $tChapter 6. Groups, Social Influences, and Inequality / $rDurlauf, Steven N. -- $tChapter 7. Durable Inequality: Spatial Dynamics, Social Processes, and the Persistence of Poverty in Chicago Neighborhoods / $rSampson, Robert J. / Morenoff, Jeffrey D. -- $tChapter 8. Spatial Concentration and Social Stratification: Does the Clustering of Disadvantage "Beget" Bad Outcomes? / $rSobel, Michael E. -- $tContributors -- $tIndex 330 $aMuch popular belief--and public policy--rests on the idea that those born into poverty have it in their power to escape. But the persistence of poverty and ever-growing economic inequality around the world have led many economists to seriously question the model of individual economic self-determination when it comes to the poor. In Poverty Traps, Samuel Bowles, Steven Durlauf, Karla Hoff, and the book's other contributors argue that there are many conditions that may trap individuals, groups, and whole economies in intractable poverty. For the first time the editors have brought together the perspectives of economics, economic history, and sociology to assess what we know--and don't know--about such traps. Among the sources of the poverty of nations, the authors assign a primary role to social and political institutions, ranging from corruption to seemingly benign social customs such as kin systems. Many of the institutions that keep nations poor have deep roots in colonial history and persist long after their initial causes are gone. Neighborhood effects--influences such as networks, role models, and aspirations--can create hard-to-escape pockets of poverty even in rich countries. Similar individuals in dissimilar socioeconomic environments develop different preferences and beliefs that can transmit poverty or affluence from generation to generation. The book presents evidence of harmful neighborhood effects and discusses policies to overcome them, with attention to the uncertainty that exists in evaluating such policies. 606 $aPoverty 606 $aEconomic history 615 0$aPoverty. 615 0$aEconomic history. 676 $a339.4/6 701 $aBowles$b Samuel$0119363 701 $aDurlauf$b Steven N$0124786 701 $aHoff$b Karla Ruth$089255 712 02$aRussell Sage Foundation. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781728503321 996 $aPoverty traps$93814204 997 $aUNINA