In sickness and in health: risk sharing within households in rural Ethiopia.

Much of the literature on consumption smoothing and on risk sharing has focused on the ability of the household as a unit to protect its consumption. Little is known about the ability of individual members of the household to keep consumption smooth over time or relative to other members of the hou...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Political Economy Vol. 108; no. 4; pp. 688 - 728
Autores principales:	Dercon, Stefan, Krishnan, Pramila
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of Chicago Press August 2000
Materias:	Risk Rural families Food consumption Resource allocation > Mathematical models Utility theory Economic seasonal variations Households Mathematical models Nutrition Economics Ethiopia
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