The kin system as a poverty trap?

Poverty Traps

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 95-115

  Hoff, Karla ^a   Sen, Arijit ^b,c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

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