Poverty and Aspirations Failure
Poverty and Aspirations Failure
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DOI：
10.1111/ecoj.12210
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发表时间：
2016-02-01
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影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Mani, Anandi
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作者：
Dalton, Patricio S.;Ghosal, Sayantan;Mani, Anandi
我们开发了一个理论框架来研究贫困和抱负失败的心理学，定义为未能追求自己的潜力。在我们的框架中，富人和穷人在设定愿望方面有着相同的偏好和行为偏见。我们表明，贫困可以加剧这种行为偏见的影响，导致愿望失败，因此，行为贫困陷阱。抱负落空是贫穷的结果，而不是原因。我们具体说明了在哪些条件下，即使不放松物质限制，仅仅提高愿望就足以帮助摆脱贫困陷阱。
We develop a theoretical framework to study the psychology of poverty and aspirations failure', defined as the failure to aspire to one's own potential. In our framework, rich and the poor persons share the same preferences and same behavioural bias in setting aspirations. We show that poverty can exacerbate the effects of this behavioural bias leading to aspirations failure and hence, a behavioural poverty trap. Aspirations failure is a consequence of poverty, rather than a cause. We specify the conditions under which raising aspirations alone is sufficient to help escape from a poverty trap, even without relaxing material constraints.