Geography and poverty traps

被引：130

作者：

Bloom, DE ^{[1
]}

Canning, D ^{[1
]}

Sevilla, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH | 2003年 / 8卷 / 04期

关键词：

multiple equilibria; convergence clubs;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1026294316581

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We test the view that the large differences in income levels we see across the world are due to differences in the intrinsic geography of each country against the alternative view that there are poverty traps. We reject simple geographic determinism in favor of a poverty trap model with high- and low-level equilibria. The high-level equilibrium state is found to be the same for all countries while income in the low-level equilibrium, and the probability of being in the high-level equilibrium, are greater in cool, coastal countries with high, year-round, rainfall.

引用

页码：355 / 378

页数：24

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