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In this paper we propose an approach to vulnerability called perceived vulnerability to downside risk. We argue that … propose to use subjective risk perception as the source of information for quantifying vulnerability since it overcomes some … vulnerability to downside risk to risk perception data from Thailand and Vietnam and find that households in the latter country tend …
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In this paper we propose an approach to vulnerability called perceived vulnerability to downside risk. We argue that … propose to use subjective risk perception as the source of information for quantifying vulnerability since it overcomes some … vulnerability to downside risk to risk perception data from Thailand and Vietnam and find that households in the latter country tend …
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We investigate the unexplored link between the risk of poverty and happiness in the context of a developing country …. Using unique longitudinal data, we estimate workers' vulnerability to income-poverty and find a strong negative relationship … between vulnerability and happiness, over and above a positive income effect. The result is robust and cannot be reduced to …
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In this paper we propose a new measure of vulnerability called vulnerability to downside risk. The relevant benchmark …) axiomatic measure of vulnerability to poverty. We apply a measure of both vulnerability to downside risk and to poverty to data … substantially between different wealth groups. Consequently, the relation between initial wealth and vulnerability to downside risk …
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In this paper we propose a new measure of vulnerability called vulnerability to downside risk. The relevant benchmark …) axiomatic measure of vulnerability to poverty. We apply a measure of both vulnerability to downside risk and to poverty to data … substantially between different wealth groups. Consequently, the relation between initial wealth and vulnerability to downside risk …
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We study the direct impacts that long-run experiences of climate change have on individual risk preferences. Using … panel surveys from Indonesia and Mexico (total N = 25,000), we link within-person changes in elicited risk preferences to … background climate risk, we find that in both settings increases in the experienced means of temperature and precipitation cause …
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Using a specially designed experiment, we investigate whether and how interdependence in risk exposure i.e., risk … taking by some members of a potential risk sharing group affecting not only their own but also their co-members risk exposure …, affects both risk taking and ex post sharing. The experimental subjects were Sri Lankan small-holders who face interdependent …
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