Economic volatility remains a fact of life in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Household-level shocks create large consumption … fluctuations, raising the incidence of poverty. Drawing on micro-level data from South Africa and Tanzania, we examine the … vulnerability to shocks across household types (e.g. by education, ethnic group, and economic activity) and we quantify the impact …

Economic volatility remains a fact of life in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Household-level shocks create large consumption … fluctuations, raising the incidence of poverty. Drawing on micro-level data from South Africa and Tanzania, we examine the … vulnerability to shocks across household types (e.g. by education, ethnic group, and economic activity) and we quantify the impact …

behavior from a large household survey. We find overall positive correlation between items and low explanatory power in terms … of behavior. Using an average of seven risk elicitation methods reduces measurement noise and yields more predictive …