on identities, communities, groups, and networks /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Christopher B. Barrett.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xviii, 409 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations.
SERIES
Series Title
Priorities in development economics
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Social economics of poverty.
International Standard Book Number
0415700892
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Economics-- Sociological aspects.
Human behavior-- Economic aspects.
Poverty.
Comportement humain-- Aspect économique.
Économie politique-- Aspect sociologique.
Pauvreté
Armoede.
Armut
Economics-- Sociological aspects.
Gemeinschaft
Human behavior-- Economic aspects.
Identität
Notlage
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.