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Stratification Economics as an Economics of Exclusion

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  • John B. Davis

    (Marquette University
    University of Amsterdam)

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Stratification economics (SE) is an emergent subfield in economics, but its JEL classification misrepresents its content and its relationship to the whole of economics. This paper first develops a more accurate characterization of SE by identifying its differences with mainstream economics (ME), its commonalities with economics in a broad sense, and how the combination of these differences and commonalities define it as a distinct research program. It then applies this definition to an economic goods taxonomy that makes a distinction between local public goods and common pool goods to interpret SE’S distinct research program as an economics of exclusion. The paper closes with a discussion of how SE might explain socioeconomic change in social group identity terms.

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  • John B. Davis, 2019. "Stratification Economics as an Economics of Exclusion," Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, Springer, vol. 2(3), pages 163-172, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joerap:v:2:y:2019:i:3:d:10.1007_s41996-019-00026-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s41996-019-00026-0
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    Keywords

    Stratification; Social group identity; Complex systems; Local public goods; Common pool goods; Exclusion; Political alliance;
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    JEL classification:

    • B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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