Who borrows to accumulate assets? Class, gender and indebtedness in Ecuador’s credit market

This article examines the propositions that wealth inequality supports credit market segmentation and that the financial system may reproduce economic inequality. Specifically, we discuss how the sources of credit and the purposes of borrowing may help perpetuate inequality. In Ecuador, the asset-po...

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Publicado en:CEPAL Review
Autores principales: Deere, Carmen Diana, Catanzarite, Zachary B.
Formato: Texto
Idioma:English
Publicado: 2017-08
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11362/42661