行为决策视角下的贫穷

Poverty from the Perspective of Behavioral Decision-making

传统对于贫穷的研究要么基于一种特质主义,认为贫穷是一种特质属性;要么基于一种文化主义,认为存在所谓的"贫穷文化"。当代行为决策理论的发展提出一种认知主义的观点,强调"贫穷思维"。本文从物质资源稀缺、个人相对剥夺感以及主客观社会经济地位三个维度呈现了该领域对于贫穷的研究,并提出未来在揭示冲突性结果所存在的相同机制上可能的发展方向。

The traditional study of poverty is either based on trait theory, considering poverty as an inherent attribute; or based on culturalism, considering there is so-called poor culture. The development of contemporary behavioral decision-making theory proposed a cognitive view that emphasize poor mindset. This research adopt three dimensions material resource scarcity, personal relative deprivation, and subjective or objective socioeconomic status to show the study of poverty in this area, and further propose a future development direction that may reveal the same mechanism of these contradictory findings.