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National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
The economics of poverty traps / edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Michael R. Carter, and Jean-Paul Chavas. — 1 online resource (x, 413 pages). — (National Bureau of Economic Research conference report). — <URL:http://elib.fa.ru/ebsco/1796152.pdf>.

Record create date: 11/12/2018

Subject: Poverty.; Public welfare.; Transfer payments.; Marginality, Social.; Marginality, Social.; Poverty.; Public welfare.; Transfer payments.; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions

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Table of Contents

  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction / Christopher B. Barrett, Michael R. Carter, and Jean- Paul Chavas
  • I. Nutrition, Health, and Human Capital Formation
    • 1. Human Capital and Shocks: Evidence on Education, Health, and Nutrition / Elizabeth Frankenberg and Duncan Thomas
    • 2. Poverty and Cognitive Function / Emma Boswell Dean, Frank Schilbach, and Heather Schofield
    • Comment on Chapters 1 and 2: John Hoddinott
  • II. Psychology of Poverty, Hope, and Aspirations
    • 3. Depression through the Lens of Economics: A Research Agenda / Jonathan de Quidt and Johannes Haushofer
    • 4. Hope as Aspirations, Agency, and Pathways: Poverty Dynamics and Microfinance in Oaxaca, Mexico / Travis J. Lybbert and Bruce Wydick
    • Comment on Chapters 3 and 4: Rachid Laajaj
  • III. Imperfect and Incomplete Financial Markets
    • 5. Taking Stock of the Evidence on Microfinancial Interventions / Francisco J. Buera, Joseph P. Kaboski, and Yongseok Shin
    • 6. Poverty Traps and the Social Protection Paradox / Munenobu Ikegami, Michael R. Carter, Christopher B. Barrett, and Sarah Janzen
    • Comment on Chapters 5 and 6: Stephen C. Smith
  • IV. Dynamics and Resilience in Natural Resources and Agriculture
    • 7. Heterogeneous Wealth Dynamics: On the Roles of Risk and Ability / Paulo Santos and Christopher B. Barrett
    • 8. Agroecosystem Productivity and the Dynamic Response to Shocks / Jean- Paul Chavas
    • Comment on Chapters 7 and 8: Edward B. Barbier
  • V. Policy in the Presence of Poverty Trap Mechanisms
    • 9. Sustaining Impacts When Transfers End: Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investments in Children / Karen Macours and Renos Vakis
    • 10. Can Cash Transfers Help Households Escape an Intergenerational Poverty Trap? / M. Caridad Araujo, Mariano Bosch, and Norbert Schady
    • Comment on Chapters 9 and 10: Maitreesh Ghatak
  • Contributors
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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