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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Main Authors:	Christiaensen, Luc J., Subbarao, Kalanidhi
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	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 ARID REGIONS
Online Access:	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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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14039

Toward an Understanding of Household Vulnerability in Rural Kenya

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