A model of social interactions and endogenous poverty traps

Rationality and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-365

  Fryer Jr , Roland G ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Group investment; Human capital; Inequality; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547851770     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: 14617358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463107080450     Document Type: Article

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