The social economics of poverty [[electronic resource] ] : on identities, communities, groups, and networks / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (423 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BarrettChristopher B (Christopher Brendan) |
Collana | Priorities in development economics |
Soggetto topico |
Economics - Sociological aspects
Poverty Human behavior - Economic aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-80301-0
9786610803019 0-203-79965-8 |
Classificazione | 83.14 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457416503321 |
London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The social economics of poverty [[electronic resource] ] : on identities, communities, groups, and networks / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (423 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BarrettChristopher B (Christopher Brendan) |
Collana | Priorities in development economics |
Soggetto topico |
Economics - Sociological aspects
Poverty Human behavior - Economic aspects |
ISBN |
1-135-99373-4
1-280-80301-0 9786610803019 0-203-79965-8 |
Classificazione | 83.14 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784432103321 |
London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The social economics of poverty : on identities, communities, groups, and networks / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (423 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BarrettChristopher B (Christopher Brendan) |
Collana | Priorities in development economics |
Soggetto topico |
Economics - Sociological aspects
Poverty Human behavior - Economic aspects |
ISBN |
1-135-99373-4
1-280-80301-0 9786610803019 0-203-79965-8 |
Classificazione | 83.14 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808897103321 |
London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tyneside neighbourhoods : deprivation, social life and social behaviour in one British city / / Daniel Nettle |
Autore | Nettle Daniel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Open Book Publishers |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 138 pages) : illustrations (some color), graphs; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 302.23 |
Soggetto topico |
Equality - Economic aspects
Human behavior - Economic aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
inequalities
economics England Tyneside |
ISBN |
1-78374-191-0
2-8218-7609-2 1-78374-190-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction ; Prelude ; About this book ; The city context: Newcastle upon Tyne ; Motivations for the Tyneside Neighbourhoods Project ; Competing narratives: Kropotkin versus the Mountain People -- 2. Study sites and methods ; The study neighbourhoods ; Development of methods: General considerations ; Description of datasets -- 3. Mutual aid ; Introduction ; Round one: Social interactions in the streets ; Round two: Self-reported social capital ; Round three: Dictator Games ; Close to the edge ; The return of the lost letter, and other encounters -- 4. Crime and punishment ; Introduction The spreading of disorder and the maintenance of antisocial behaviour ; Littering and crime reports ; The Theft Game ; An experiment with information ; The strange case of the norms effect that didn't happen -- 5. From cradle to grave ; Introduction ; Children's use of the streets ; Social trust through childhood ; Social trust through adulthood ; No country for old men -- 6. Being there ; Introduction ; Perceptual experience and context sensitivity ; An experiment with minibuses ; The social diet -- 7. Conclusions and reflections ; Introduction ; Summary and implications of findings ; The economic grit and the cultural pearl ; Structural change versus nudges ; The ethics of representation and the value of ethnography -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910156255703321 |
Nettle Daniel | ||
Open Book Publishers | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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