POVERTY TRAPS, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY AN INCENTIVES FOR DELINQUENCY

This paper explores theoretical linkages between poverty traps, economic inequality and delinquency in a perfect competition overlapping generations model characterized by dual legal production sectors and one illegal sector. The model posits an absence of credit for human capital accumulation, whic...

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Main Authors: Edgar Villa, Andrés Salazar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2013-12-01
Series:Cuadernos de Economía
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0121-47722013000300005&lng=en&tlng=en