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Vulnerability in a Stochastic Dynamic Model
Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem - 2003
Most measures of vulnerability are a-theoretic and essentially static. In this paper we use a stochastic Ramsey model … to find a household's optimal welfare and we measure vulnerability as the shortfall from the welfare attained if the … household consumed permanently at the poverty line. The results indicate that vulnerability is very sensitive to the time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325021
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Toward Measuring Household Vulnerability to Income Poverty in the Philippines
Albert, Jose Ramon G.; Elloso, Lilia V.; Ramos, Andre … - 2007
Concomitant to the analysis of poverty is the measurement of vulnerability. Estimates of household vulnerability to … household characteristics. Resulting vulnerability estimates are found to be higher than poverty rates, suggesting that policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429866
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Maternal and child ill health as a household health shock : case descriptions from a vulnerability perspective in Lao PDR
Alvesson, Helle M.; Laflamme, Lucie; Kanthaphat, Bouasavanh - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 27 (2015) 7, pp. 1125-1140
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400828
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Volatility and inequality : household vulnerability as uncertain welfare in rural China
You, Jing; Ozanne, Adam - In: The European journal of development research : journal … 27 (2015) 5, pp. 686-706
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Shocks, individual risk attitude, and vulnerability to poverty among rural households in Thailand and Vietnam
Gloede, Oliver; Menkhoff, Lukas; Waibel, Hermann - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 71 (2015), pp. 54-78
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432083
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Microfinance, vulnerability and risk in low income households
Swain, Ranjula Bali; Floro, Maria Sagrario - In: International review of applied economics 28 (2014) 5, pp. 539-561
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010533415
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Household shocks and coping strategies in rural and peri-urban South Africa : baseline data from the size study in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Knight, Lucia; Roberts, Benjamin J.; Aber, J. Lawrence; … - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 27 (2015) 2, pp. 213-233
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How do rural households cope with economic shocks? : insights from global data using hierarchical analysis
Börner, Jan; Shively, Gerald E.; Wunder, Sven; Wyman, … - In: Journal of agricultural economics 66 (2015) 2, pp. 392-414
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011299539
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Vulnerability in a stochastic dynamic model
Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem - 2003 - Rev.
Most measures of vulnerability are a-theoretic and essentially static. In this paper we use a stochastic Ramsey model … to find a household's optimal welfare and we measure vulnerability as the shortfall from the welfare attained if the … household consumed permanently at the poverty line. The results indicate that vulnerability is very sensitive to the time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334363
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Diversification of income sources for cocoa farm households : a case study of the Central West of Côte d'Ivoire
Iritié, Bi Goli Jean Jacques; Djaléga, Fabrice Soukou - 2015
This paper is aimed at identifying complementary sources of income for cocoa farm households in the Central West of Côte d’Ivoire. Our methodology con- sists of four successive stages: (i) a need assessment of cocoa households and specificities of the study area through a participatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346017