The social economics of poverty [[electronic resource] ] : on identities, communities, groups, and networks / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (423 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3
• Soggetto topico: Economics - Sociological aspects; Poverty; Human behavior - Economic aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: 83.14
• Altri autori: BarrettChristopher B (Christopher Brendan)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: A unique analysis of the moral and social dimensions of microeconomic behaviour in developing countries, this book calls into question standard notions of rationality and many of the assumptions of neo-classical economics, and shows how these are inappropriate in communities with widespread disparity in incomes. This book will prove to be essential for students studying development economics.
• Titolo autorizzato: The social economics of poverty
• ISBN: 1-280-80301-0; 9786610803019; 0-203-79965-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457416503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Priorities for development economics.