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Explaining differences in rural household debt between Thailand and Vietnam : economic environment versus household characteristics

Chichaibelu, Bezawit Beyene; Waibel, Hermann - 2017

-indebtedness between rural households in Thailand and Vietnam. We identify socio-economic determinants for rural households in Thailand and … characteristics. While in Vietnam poorer households are less likely to engage in borrowing in Thailand a higher share of similar type …

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Lower partial moments as a measure of vulnerability to poverty in Cameroon

Witt, Rudolf; Waibel, Hermann - 2009

In this paper the class of Lower Partial Moments (LPMs) is used for measuring vulnerability as downside risk of household income in rural Cameroon. This class of established and coherent risk measures has been shown to meet a number of desirable properties. Among others, the LPMs fulfill the...

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An asset-based approach to vulnerability : the case of small-scale fishing areas in Cameroon and Nigeria

Chiwaula, Levinson S.; Witt, Rudolf; Waibel, Hermann - In: The journal of development studies : JDS 47 (2011) 2, pp. 338-353

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Poverty and vulnerability in Vietnam

Tran Quang Van - 2013

Since doi moi, Vietnam has made remarkable achievements in many frontiers. However, much effort needs to be done to further improve social and economic sectors, particularly in the context of increasing the number of uncertainties. In analyses using household surveys from Vietnam, this...

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Finding Quality Employment through Rural Urban Migration: a case study from Thailand

Amare, Mulubrhan; Hohfeld, Lena; Waibel, Hermann - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011

This study investigates the effects of rural urban migration on economic development in Thailand. It draws upon a panel … data base of some 2000 rural households collected from 2007 to 2010 in three provinces from Northeast Thailand and migrant … Thailand. First there is evidence that the widely praised social protection policies for the rural poor in Thailand may be less …

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A distributional approach to comparing vulnerability, applied to rural provinces in Thailand and Vietnam

Hardeweg, Bernd; Wagener, Andreas; Waibel, Hermann - In: Journal of Asian Economics 25 (2013) C, pp. 53-65

distributional analysis, based on stochastic dominance orders, can help. Using data from six rural provinces of Thailand and Vietnam …

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Investments of Rural Households in Northeast Thailand and the Future of Small Scale Farming

Hohfeld, Lena; Waibel, Hermann - In: Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 52

This paper analyses investments of some 2000 farm households in rural villages in three provinces of Northeast Thailand … policy in Thailand and other Asian emerging market economies …

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How Do Rural Households Cope With Shocks? Evidence from Northeast Thailand

Tongruksawattana, Songporne; Waibel, Hermann; Schmidt, Erich - 2010

households using the panel survey data of some 2,200 households in Northeast Thailand in the context of the DFG Research Unit 756 …

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Finding Quality Employment through Rural Urban Migration: a case study from Thailand

Amare, Mulubrhan; Hohfeld, Lena; Waibel, Hermann - 2011

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Experimentally-validated survey evidence on individual risk attitudes in rural Thailand

Hardeweg, Bernd; Menkhoff, Lukas; Waibel, Hermann - 2011

than 900 participants in rural Thailand. The survey measure of self-assessed risk attitude provides a useful approximation …

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