Contributions

  • Bowles, Samuel. - Contributor
  • Durlauf, Steven N. - Contributor
  • Hoff, Karla Ruth. - Contributor
  • Russell Sage Foundation. - Contributor

Publication

2006 - Russell Sage Foundation, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

60,250 words, Guess

Page Count

241 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing4498922
  • Goodreads1095988

Classifications

  • DDC339.4/6
  • LCCHC79.P6 P695 2006

Description

Much popular belief, and public policy, rests on the idea that those born into poverty have it in their powers to escape. But the persistence of poverty and ever-growing economic inequality around the world has led to many economists to seriously question the model of individual economic self-determination when it comes to the poor. In this book, the 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 economies, economic history, and sociology to assess what we know, and don't know, about such traps.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Poverty trapsRussell Sage Foundation2006-01-01

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