scholarly journals Correction: Health shocks and vulnerability to poverty in Congo

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Séverin Aimé Blanchard Ouadika
Keyword(s):  
Health Shocks ◽  
Vulnerability To Poverty

A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00728-7

scholarly journals Health shocks and vulnerability to poverty in Congo

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Séverin Aimé Blanchard Ouadika
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Generalized Least Squares ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Shocks ◽  
Health Shock ◽  
Vulnerability To Poverty ◽  
Future Consumption

AbstractThe analysis of the link between poverty and health status in developing countries is a major focus of development policy. However, few studies, particularly in the Congo, focus on a prospective analysis of poverty and consider the variability of future consumption after a health shock. The objective of this study is to estimate vulnerability to poverty and analyse the factors that lead to a loss of well-being after a health shock in Congo. The study uses data from the 2011 Congolese Household Survey (CHS). Estimation of vulnerability to poverty and modelling of the effect of the health shock on expected future consumption are performed using the three-step feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) method. This method is also used to identify the socio-demographic determinants of vulnerability. On average, 26.8% of households are vulnerable to poverty in Congo. Health shocks accentuate this vulnerability. Households living in rural areas are more vulnerable to poverty than those in urban areas. Furthermore, household size and the level of education and marital status of the head of household have an impact on vulnerability. In view of the results obtained, poverty reduction efforts should focus on strategies to develop social safety nets and/or health insurance programmes to stabilize consumption in the event of a health shock in the household.

scholarly journals The effects of health shocks on family status: do financial incentives encourage marriage?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andree Ehlert
Keyword(s):  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Health Shocks ◽  
Family Status ◽  
Female Partners ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Financial Benefits ◽  
German Socioeconomic Panel ◽  
Unobserved Effects ◽  
Traditional Marriage

AbstractThis paper asks whether marriage decisions of unmarried mature couples are driven by the prospect of financial advantages for the later widowed after one partner has suffered a serious health shock. We hypothesize that, in contrast to traditional marriage models, such health shocks may induce unmarried couples to obtain economic benefits, such as survivors’ pensions in particular, through marriage in advance of one partner’s death. This question has not yet been studied empirically. Hazard models capturing unobserved effects are applied to longitudinal data of the German Socioeconomic Panel. It turns out that the probability of marriage after male partners’ health shocks can increase significantly depending on the amount of expected survivors’ pensions for the (likely) surviving female partners. In contrast, an increased probability of marriage after health shocks to women (depending on the expected financial benefits to men) was not found. These findings are supported by various robustness checks. Economic and political implications are discussed and the results are placed in an international context.

scholarly journals Measuring Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty

2019 ◽  
Vol 148 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauricio Gallardo
Keyword(s):  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Risk Behaviour ◽  
Poverty Measurement ◽  
Multidimensional Space ◽  
Poverty Index ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty Index ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Vulnerability Indicators ◽  
Vulnerability To Poverty

Abstract A method to measure vulnerability to multidimensional poverty is proposed under a mean–risk behaviour approach. We extend the unidimensional downside mean–semideviation measurement of vulnerability to poverty towards the multidimensional space by incorporating this approach into Alkire and Foster’s multidimensional counting framework. The new approach is called the vulnerability to multidimensional poverty index (VMPI), alluding to the fact that it can be used to assess vulnerability to poverty measured by the multidimensional poverty index (MPI). The proposed family of vulnerability indicators can be estimated using cross-sectional data and can include both binary and metric welfare indicators. It is flexible enough to be applied for measuring vulnerability in a wide range of MPI designs, including the Global MPI. An empirical application of the VMPI and its related indicators is illustrated using the official MPI of Chile as the reference poverty measurement. The estimates are performed using the National Socioeconomic Characterisation Survey (CASEN) for the year 2017.

Rural Households’ Vulnerability to Poverty in Ethiopia

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 528-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birhan Sisay Demissie ◽  
Tesfahun Asmamaw Kasie
Keyword(s):  
Rural Households ◽  
Vulnerability To Poverty

The Role of Employment Diversification in Reducing Vulnerability to Poverty among Marginal and Small-holder Agricultural Households in India

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sagarika Dey
Keyword(s):  
Risk Group ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
Agricultural Activity ◽  
Livelihood Security ◽  
Vulnerability To Poverty ◽  
Agricultural Households ◽  
Poverty Status ◽  
Small Holder

This article combines two relatively nascent and inter-related approaches to poverty analysis and measurement, that is, the asset-based approach and the vulnerability approach to assess the poverty status of various land-owning classes in rural India. Contingent on the finding that marginal and small-holder households constitute a high-risk group in terms of the incidence of current poverty and vulnerability to future poverty, the study explores the role of non-agricultural activity in providing livelihood security and tackling poverty and vulnerability among land-poor rural households. The findings reveal that while most types of rural non-farm employment have significant poverty-reducing effects, human capital constitutes the most potent element in tackling poverty in the target group. We therefore suggest that an emphasis on skill upgradation of marginal and small landholders, coupled with policies directed towards development of non-farm activity, could provide an effective, permanent solution for curbing poverty and mitigating livelihood risks among these households. JEL Classification: I31, I32, J21, O18

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