Growth and shocks: evidence from rural Ethiopia

By Stefan Dercon. 2004

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Soil Science

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Chronic poverty in urban Ethiopia: panel data evidence (2005, methodology): “The basic standard of living measure used in this analysis is total household consumption expenditure per adult equivalent computed using on an adult equivalence scale used previously in other empirical studies in Ethiopia (Dercon, 2002).”
Toward an understanding of household vulnerability in rural Kenya (2004, background): “This result echoes findings by Dercon (2004b) who traces lower economic growth paths among villages in Ethiopia back to the severity of the drought in 1984-5.”
The Economics of Natural Disasters (2010, neutral): “ More frequently, they are estimated using economic models, including (i) microeconomic models at the household level (e.g., Dercon, 2004); (ii) econometrics models at the local level (e.g., Strobl, 2008) or the national level (Albala‐Bertrand, 1993; …”
Addressing Human Vulnerability to Climate Change: Toward a 'No Regrets' Approach (2009, neutral): “The fluctuations in consumption and decumulation of human and physical assets that result from shocks have adverse consequences for household well-being and for economic growth that often persist after the original shock has subsided (Dercon, 2004a).”
Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction (2018, background): “Although these coping strategies enable households to endure a crisis in the short term, they often reduce the household's capacity to build a better life in the future by eroding productive assets (Barrett and Carter, 2001; Carter and Barrett, 2006; Carter et al., 2007; Dercon, 2004; Dercon and Hod”
Understanding and reducing persistent poverty in Africa: Introduction to a special issue (2006, background): “While much of the recent empirical work has been done by economists (Grootaert and Kanbur, 1995; Dercon, 1998; Baulch and Hoddinott, 2000; Carter and May, 2001; Elbers et al., 2002; Deininger and Okidi, 2003; Dercon, 2004; Lybbert et al., 2004), contributions have also come from anthropologists (And”
Risk Preferences and Environmental Uncertainty: Implications for Crop Diversification Decisions in Ethiopia (2012, background): “During the last thirty years, droughts, incidences of pests, as well as animal and human disease have been recurrent events (Dercon 2004).”
Assessing household vulnerability to climate change: The case of farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia (2009, background): “Attempts have been made to analyze the vulnerability of Ethiopian farmers to climatic and nonclimatic shocks in studies using panel datasets (Dercon 2004; Dercon et al. 2005; Skoufias and Quisumbing 2003; Dercon and Krishnan 2000), and policy options have been suggested to reduce vulnerability.”
Fate and Fear: Risk and its Consequences in Africa (2008, methodology): “Dercon (2004a) has a review of models relevant for poverty analysis.”
Economic Value of Seasonal Climate Forecasts for Agriculture: Review of Ex-Ante Assessments and Recommendations for Future Research (2008, background): “Severe or repeated climate shocks can push households into poverty by forcing them to divest productive assets (Dercon 2004).”
Gone with the Storm: Rainfall Shocks and Household Wellbeing in Guatemala (2016, neutral): “Excess rainfall and droughts have been found to halve crop income and reduce consumption significantly among affected households (for example, Kazianga and Udry, 2006 for Burkina Faso) or forced them to deplete their productive assets (for instance, Dercon, 2004 for Ethipia).”
Managing Environmental Risk in Presence of Climate Change: The Role of Adaptation in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia (2014, background): “Harvest failure due to weather events is the most important cause of risk-related hardship of Ethiopian rural households, with adverse effects on farm household consumption and welfare (Dercon 2004, 2005).”