Household Responses to Adverse Income Shocks in Latin America
This paper uses a new data set to study household responses to adverse income shocks in seven Latin American countries. The results show (i) that households respond to income shocks mainly by increasing their labor force participation, selling assets, and cutting on human capital investments, (ii) that poor households are most likely to be affected by adverse income shocks, and (iii) that lower-middle class households are more likely to cut back human capital investments and move abroad when faced with an adverse income shock. Taken together, these results offer ample justification for publicly funded safety nets targeted at the poor.
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2002
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Authors: | Alejandro, Gaviria |
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REVISTA DESARROLLO Y SOCIEDAD. - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE. - 2002
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UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE |
Subject: | Social safety nets | targeting of public programs | coping strategies |
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