In Sickness and in Health: Risk Sharing within Households in Rural Ethiopia.

Journal article

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 household. We use data on adult nutrition in Ethiopia to investigate whether individuals are able to smooth their consumption over time and within the household. We find that poorer households are not ...

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Authors: Dercon, S; Krishnan, P

• Journal: Journal of Political Economy
• Volume: 108
• Publication date: 2000-01-01
• Language: English