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On the psychology of poverty [PDF]
Science, 2014 Poverty remains one of the most pressing problems facing the world; the mechanisms through which poverty arises and perpetuates itself, however, are not well understood. Here, we examine the evidence for the hypothesis that poverty may have particular psychological consequences that can lead to economic behaviors that make it difficult to escape ...
Haushofer, Johannes, Fehr, Ernst
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Journal of Development Studies, 2010 A recent literature highlights the uncertainty concerning whether economic growth has any causal protective effect on health and survival. But equal rates of growth often deliver unequal rates of poverty reduction and absolute deprivation is more clearly relevant.
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2001 Abstract This chapter examines two concepts on poverty: poverty as desperation and poverty as vulnerability. It identifies a close connection between desperation and vulnerability because both are related to the variable V, which is the minimum socially accepted welfare level.
Banerjee, Abhijit V. +2 more
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Social Indicators Research, 2013 The measurement of poverty as ‘consistent’ poverty offers a solution to one of the primary problems of poverty measurement within Social Policy of the last three decades. Often treated as if they were synonymous, ‘indirect’ measures of poverty, such as low income measures, and ‘direct’ measures, such as indices of material deprivation, identify ...
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The World Bank Economic Review, 1991
AbstractThis chapter studies poverty in Palanpur. The meaning of poverty based on a notion of low annual income is contrasted with that based on a notion of lifestyle and readily observed means. A profile of the poor is developed. The evolution of poverty levels and the profile of poverty over time is documented.
Nicholas Stern, Peter Lanjouw
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AbstractThis chapter studies poverty in Palanpur. The meaning of poverty based on a notion of low annual income is contrasted with that based on a notion of lifestyle and readily observed means. A profile of the poor is developed. The evolution of poverty levels and the profile of poverty over time is documented.
Nicholas Stern, Peter Lanjouw
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Poverty Counts: Living with Poverty and Poverty Measures
2013Counting or measuring poverty is frequently meant to explain how poverty counts — how it affects people’s lives and the conditions in which they live. Anthropologists have contributed to the study of poverty, although often as a corollary rather than as a central objective of ethnographic research.
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