Household Risk Management in Senegal
This study explores risk management and risk coping by Senegalese households, focusing particularly on individual vulnerability to shocks within the household by (1) documenting the risks faced by households in Senegal by looking at the frequency and types of shocks that households are exposed to, a...
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okr-10986-163692021-04-23T14:03:28Z Household Risk Management in Senegal De Vreyer, Philippe Lambert, Sylvie risk coping intra‐household allocation gender divide household consumption human capital accumulation intra‐household inequalities poverty family structure living standards household composition This study explores risk management and risk coping by Senegalese households, focusing particularly on individual vulnerability to shocks within the household by (1) documenting the risks faced by households in Senegal by looking at the frequency and types of shocks that households are exposed to, as well as the positive and negative ways in which households cope; (2) assessing the impact of the shocks on household per capita consumption and on human capital accumulation in an attempt to identify which of the household characteristics facilitate coping; and (3) addressing the way shocks affect the intra‐household allocation of resources. Results show that bigger households seem to benefit more from positive shocks, while single parent households or households headed by unmarried women are more affected by negative shocks than other households. Additionally, the authors reveal that poor households are more vulnerable than non‐poor to shocks, and that asset holding helps in smoothing the impact of shocks on consumption. 2013-12-06T15:55:36Z 2013-12-06T15:55:36Z 2013-06 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16369 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Senegal |
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This study explores risk management and risk coping by Senegalese households, focusing particularly on individual vulnerability to shocks within the household by (1) documenting the risks faced by households in Senegal by looking at the frequency and types of shocks that households are exposed to, as well as the positive and negative ways in which households cope; (2) assessing the impact of the shocks on household per capita consumption and on human capital accumulation in an attempt to identify which of the household characteristics facilitate coping; and (3) addressing the way shocks affect the intra‐household allocation of resources. Results show that bigger households seem to benefit more from positive shocks, while single parent households or households headed by unmarried women are more affected by negative shocks than other households. Additionally, the authors reveal that poor households are more vulnerable than non‐poor to shocks, and that asset holding helps in smoothing the impact of shocks on consumption. |
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Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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De Vreyer, Philippe Lambert, Sylvie |
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De Vreyer, Philippe Lambert, Sylvie |
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De Vreyer, Philippe |
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Household Risk Management in Senegal |
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Household Risk Management in Senegal |
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Household Risk Management in Senegal |
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Household Risk Management in Senegal |
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Household Risk Management in Senegal |
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household risk management in senegal |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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