期刊名称：International Journal on Research and Development : A Management Review
印刷版ISSN：2319-5479
出版年度：2016
卷号：5
期号：3
页码：39-45
出版社：Institute for Research and Development India
摘要：A growing body of evidence in behavioural economics suggests that people's behaviour differs in systematic and predictable ways from the model of rationality assumed by classical economists. However, empirical studies in behavioural economics have tended to focus on people of ordinary means, to the exclusion of people at economic extremes. Might people in poverty, who have few resources and limited experience in economic decision-making, display different behavioural patterns than others. The paper provides an overview and assessment of an emerging literature on the psychology and behavioural economics of poverty. We particularly highlight poverty experiences, role of neighborhoods, poverty dynamics and transmission, child poverty and disability and personal finance. In addition we consider psychology and policy responses by looking and autonomy and empowerment, and poverty reduction programs. Our central thesis is that the detailed knowledge of individual experiences, cognitions and social factors in psychology and related social science complements the traditional economic emphasis on structural factors and policy instruments in a way that is exemplified by emerging work in behavioural economics. We conclude it is increasingly recognised that poverty reduction policies which are informed by behavioural insights may, as a result, be more effective.
关键词：Neuroeconomics; Cognitive Behaviour; ; Poverty; North - East India
