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Consumption Smoothing? Livestock, Insurance and Drought in Rural Burkina Faso
Kazianga, Harounan; Udry, Christopher - 2004
examine the extent to which livestock, grain storage and interhousehold transfers are used to smooth consumption against …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369252
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Consumption Smoothing? Livestock, Insurance and Drought in Rural Burkina Faso
Kazianga, Harounan; Udry, Christopher - 2013
examine the extent to which livestock, grain storage and interhousehold transfers are used to smooth consumption against …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014068498
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Livestock as an imperfect buffer stock in poorly integrated markets
Lange, Simon; Reimers, Malte - 2015
Livestock holdings in rural areas of the West African Semi-arid Tropics (WASAT) are often substantial yet there is … little evidence for precautionary saving in the form of livestock. This paper re-visits farm households' ability to smooth … consumption ex post via savings in the form of livestock. Based on data covering Burkina Faso's 2004 drought, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529529
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Livestock as an imperfect buffer stock in poorly integrated markets
Lange, Simon; Reimers, Malte - 2014
Livestock holdings in rural areas of the West African Semi-arid Tropics (WASAT) are often substantial yet there is … little evidence for precautionary saving in the form of livestock out of transitory income. The present paper re-visits farm … households' ability to smooth consumption ex post via savings in the form of livestock. Exploiting two comprehensive panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010405649
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Consumption smoothing? Livestock, insurance and drought in rural Burkina Faso
Kazianga, Harounan; Udry, Christopher - In: Journal of development economics 79 (2006) 2, pp. 413-446
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003324596
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Consumption smoothing? : Livestock, insurance and drought in rural Burkina Faso
Kazianga, Harounan; Udry, Christopher - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002531359
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Consumption Smoothing? Livestock, Insurance and Drought in Rural Burkina Faso
Kazianga, Harounan; Udry, Christopher - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2004
examine the extent to which livestock, grain storage and interhousehold transfers are used to smooth consumption against …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738374
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Transitory income changes and consumption smoothing: evidence from Mexico
Angelucci, Manuela; Chiapa, Carlos; Prina, Silvia; … - 2021
We study how 3,534 beneficiaries of PROSPERA, Mexico's cash transfer program, smooth food consumption around the transfer payday, an anticipated and transitory income shock. We find that food consumption and food security do not change around the transfer payday, including for recipients with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550048
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The response of consumption in Russian households to economic shocks
Stillman, Steven - 2001
This paper examines the extent to which consumption in Russian households responds to exogenous income shocks. During the time period studied in this paper (1994-1998), Russia experienced two major economic crises. Both featured extreme movements in the real ruble-dollar exchange rate. The price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405709
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The life-cycle hypothesis revisited : evidence on housing consumption after retirement
Beblo, Miriam; Schreiber, Sven - 2010 - This version: November 2010
According to the life-cycle theory of consumption and saving, foreseeable retirement events should not reduce consumption. Whereas some consumption expenditures may fall when goods are self-produced (given higher leisure after retirement), this argument applies especially to housing consumption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008827012