Toward an Understanding of Household Vulnerability in Rural Kenya
Considerations of risk and vulnerability are key to understanding the dynamics of poverty. This study conceives vulnerability as expected poverty and illustrates a methodology to empirically assess household vulnerability using pseudo panel data de...
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okr-10986-140392021-04-23T14:03:21Z Toward an Understanding of Household Vulnerability in Rural Kenya Christiaensen, Luc J. Subbarao, Kalanidhi ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURE ARABLE LAND BORROWING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION DEMOGRAPHICS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPIRICAL APPLICATION EMPIRICAL APPROACHES EMPIRICAL ESTIMATION EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EXCHANGE RATE EXPECTED UTILITY EXPENDITURES HEALTH OUTCOMES HETEROSKEDASTICITY HISTORICAL DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME SHARE INCOME SHOCKS INCOME SOURCES INCREASING FUNCTION INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LAND OWNERSHIP LIQUIDITY MARKET INTEGRATION MEAN CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT ERROR MORAL HAZARD OBSERVED CHANGES POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY MAKERS POLICY PERSPECTIVE POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY GAP POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC SECTOR RAINFALL VARIABILITY REGIONAL DEFLATORS REGRESSION ANALYSIS RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RISK AVERSION RISK MANAGEMENT RISK PREFERENCE SECONDARY SOURCES SMOOTHING CONSUMPTION TERMS OF TRADE TIME SERIES TRADE SHOCKS URBAN DWELLERS UTILITY FUNCTION WEALTH RURAL AREAS VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS POVERTY METHODOLOGY HOUSEHOLDS MALARIA INCIDENCE CATTLE FARMING GOATS LITERACY CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLDS ARID REGIONS Considerations of risk and vulnerability are key to understanding the dynamics of poverty. This study conceives vulnerability as expected poverty and illustrates a methodology to empirically assess household vulnerability using pseudo panel data derived from repeated cross sections augmented with historical information on shocks. Application of the methodology to data from rural Kenya shows that in 1994 rural households faced on average a 40 percent chance of becoming poor in the future. Households in arid areas that experience large rainfall volatility appear more vulnerable than those in non-arid areas, where malaria emerges as a key risk factor. Idiosyncratic shocks also cause non-negligible consumption volatility. Possession of cattle and sheep/goats appears ineffective in protecting consumption against covariant shocks, though sheep/goat help reduce the effect of idiosyncratic shocks, especially in arid zones. Of the policy instruments simulated, interventions directed at reducing the incidence of malaria, promoting adult literacy, and improving market accessibility hold most promise to reduce vulnerability. 2013-06-19T20:57:56Z 2013-06-19T20:57:56Z 2004-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4966376/toward-understanding-household-vulnerability-rural-kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14039 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3326 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Kenya |
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ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURE ARABLE LAND BORROWING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION DEMOGRAPHICS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPIRICAL APPLICATION EMPIRICAL APPROACHES EMPIRICAL ESTIMATION EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EXCHANGE RATE EXPECTED UTILITY EXPENDITURES HEALTH OUTCOMES HETEROSKEDASTICITY HISTORICAL DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME SHARE INCOME SHOCKS INCOME SOURCES INCREASING FUNCTION INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LAND OWNERSHIP LIQUIDITY MARKET INTEGRATION MEAN CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT ERROR MORAL HAZARD OBSERVED CHANGES POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY MAKERS POLICY PERSPECTIVE POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY GAP POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC SECTOR RAINFALL VARIABILITY REGIONAL DEFLATORS REGRESSION ANALYSIS RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RISK AVERSION RISK MANAGEMENT RISK PREFERENCE SECONDARY SOURCES SMOOTHING CONSUMPTION TERMS OF TRADE TIME SERIES TRADE SHOCKS URBAN DWELLERS UTILITY FUNCTION WEALTH RURAL AREAS VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS POVERTY METHODOLOGY HOUSEHOLDS MALARIA INCIDENCE CATTLE FARMING GOATS LITERACY CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLDS ARID REGIONS |
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ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURE ARABLE LAND BORROWING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION DEMOGRAPHICS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPIRICAL APPLICATION EMPIRICAL APPROACHES EMPIRICAL ESTIMATION EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EXCHANGE RATE EXPECTED UTILITY EXPENDITURES HEALTH OUTCOMES HETEROSKEDASTICITY HISTORICAL DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME SHARE INCOME SHOCKS INCOME SOURCES INCREASING FUNCTION INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LAND OWNERSHIP LIQUIDITY MARKET INTEGRATION MEAN CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT ERROR MORAL HAZARD OBSERVED CHANGES POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY MAKERS POLICY PERSPECTIVE POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY GAP POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC SECTOR RAINFALL VARIABILITY REGIONAL DEFLATORS REGRESSION ANALYSIS RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RISK AVERSION RISK MANAGEMENT RISK PREFERENCE SECONDARY SOURCES SMOOTHING CONSUMPTION TERMS OF TRADE TIME SERIES TRADE SHOCKS URBAN DWELLERS UTILITY FUNCTION WEALTH RURAL AREAS VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS POVERTY METHODOLOGY HOUSEHOLDS MALARIA INCIDENCE CATTLE FARMING GOATS LITERACY CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLDS ARID REGIONS Christiaensen, Luc J. Subbarao, Kalanidhi Toward an Understanding of Household Vulnerability in Rural Kenya |
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Considerations of risk and vulnerability
are key to understanding the dynamics of poverty. This study
conceives vulnerability as expected poverty and illustrates
a methodology to empirically assess household vulnerability
using pseudo panel data derived from repeated cross sections
augmented with historical information on shocks. Application
of the methodology to data from rural Kenya shows that in
1994 rural households faced on average a 40 percent chance
of becoming poor in the future. Households in arid areas
that experience large rainfall volatility appear more
vulnerable than those in non-arid areas, where malaria
emerges as a key risk factor. Idiosyncratic shocks also
cause non-negligible consumption volatility. Possession of
cattle and sheep/goats appears ineffective in protecting
consumption against covariant shocks, though sheep/goat help
reduce the effect of idiosyncratic shocks, especially in
arid zones. Of the policy instruments simulated,
interventions directed at reducing the incidence of malaria,
promoting adult literacy, and improving market accessibility
hold most promise to reduce vulnerability. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Christiaensen, Luc J. Subbarao, Kalanidhi |
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Christiaensen, Luc J. Subbarao, Kalanidhi |
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Christiaensen, Luc J. |
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Toward an Understanding of Household Vulnerability in Rural Kenya |
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Toward an Understanding of Household Vulnerability in Rural Kenya |
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Toward an Understanding of Household Vulnerability in Rural Kenya |
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Toward an Understanding of Household Vulnerability in Rural Kenya |
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Toward an Understanding of Household Vulnerability in Rural Kenya |
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toward an understanding of household vulnerability in rural kenya |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C. |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4966376/toward-understanding-household-vulnerability-rural-kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14039 |
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