The Economics of Poverty Traps

Christopher Barrett, Michael Carter and Jean-Paul Chavas ()

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JEL-codes: I1 I2 I3 O1 Q1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Front matter, acknowledgments , pp -8

Christopher Barrett, Michael Carter and Jean-Paul Chavas

Introduction to "The Economics of Poverty Traps" , pp 1-20

Christopher Barrett, Michael Carter and Jean-Paul Chavas

Human Capital and Shocks: Evidence on Education, Health, and Nutrition , pp 23-56

Elizabeth Frankenberg and Duncan Thomas

Poverty and Cognitive Function , pp 57-118

Emma Boswell Dean, Frank Schilbach and Heather Schofield

Comment on Chapters 1 and 2 , pp 119-123

John Hoddinott

Depression through the Lens of Economics: A Research Agenda , pp 127-152

Jonathan de Quidt and Johannes Haushofer

Hope as Aspirations, Agency, and Pathways: Poverty Dynamics and Microfinance in Oaxaca, Mexico , pp 153-177

Travis Lybbert and Bruce Wydick

Comment on Chapters 3 and 4 , pp 179-185

Rachid Laajaj

Taking Stock of the Evidence on Microfinancial Interventions , pp 189-221

Francisco Buera, Joseph Kaboski and Yongseok Shin

Poverty Traps and the Social Protection Paradox , pp 223-256

Munenobu Ikegami, Michael Carter, Christopher Barrett and Sarah Janzen

Comment on Chapters 5 and 6 , pp 257-262

Stephen Smith

Heterogeneous Wealth Dynamics: On the Roles of Risk and Ability , pp 265-290

Paulo Santos and Christopher Barrett

Agroecosystem Productivity and the Dynamic Response to Shocks , pp 291-314

Jean-Paul Chavas

Comment on Chapters 7 and 8 , pp 315-322

Edward Barbier

Sustaining Impacts When Transfers End: Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investments in Children , pp 325-355

Karen Macours and Renos Vakis

Can Cash Transfers Help Households Escape an Intergenerational Poverty Trap? , pp 357-382

M. Caridad Araujo, Mariano Bosch and Norbert Schady

Comment on Chapters 9 and 10 , pp 383-393

Maitreesh Ghatak

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