Fig. 7: Average parameter values giving rise to different regimes at the community level.
From: Emergent poverty traps at multiple levels impede social mobility
Key parameters displayed are: θ (minimum project investment threshold), Gupper (upper bound for project gain magnitude), β (saving propensity, where a lower value means more consumption), ℓ (probability of project loss), and α (homophily in social network formation). Parameter values have been independently scaled between 0 and 1 based on the ranges defined in Table 1. In blue and green are one standard deviation above and below the average parameter values, respectively. A High values of project cost (θ) are likely to yield the All Poor regime. B Parameter values for the Some Rich regime. C Parameter values for the All Rich regime at the community level. The effect of homophily is not as pronounced as it was for the individual-level regimes (see Fig. 4). Higher values of consumption (β) appear more likely for the All Rich regime compared to the Some Rich and All Poor community-level regimes.
