Vulnerable Households and Variable Incomes

In this paper we examine the concept of “vulnerability” within the context of incomemobility of the poor. We test for the dynamics of vulnerable households in the UKusing Waves 1 - 12 of the British Household Panel Study and find that, of threedifferent types of risks that we test for, household-specific shocks and economy-wideaggregate shocks have the greatest impact on consumption, in comparison to shocksto the income stream.[...]

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Year of publication:	2005-10-01
Authors:	Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra ; Cowell, Frank A.
Institutions:	London School of Economics and Political Science
Published in:	London School of Economics and Political Science - Publications
Subject:	Haushalt \| Household \| Mobilität \| Variable \| Gefahr \| hazard \| Einkommen \| income

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Extent:	292864 bytes 30 p. application/pdf
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	Sociological and psychological aspects ; Pay salaries and social benefits ; Individual Reports, Studies ; United Kingdom
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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