Search Results - subject:"household welfare"

Health shocks and households' welfare in Ghana : does social assistance mitigate the effects?

Mbe-Nyire Mpuure, Desmond; Frimpong, Prince Boakye; … - In: Review of economics and political science : REPS 10 (2025) 1, pp. 52-68

Purpose - Health shocks are among the factors that have impeded households from experiencing better welfare. To mitigate the consequences of these shocks, individuals have sought to enrol in a formal insurance scheme or borrow from banks. This study estimates the effects of health shocks on...

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Health shocks and households' welfare in Ghana: Does social assistance mitigate the effects?

Mbe-Nyire Mpuure, Desmond; Frimpong, Prince Boakye; … - In: Review of Economics and Political Science (REPS) 10 (2025) 1, pp. 52-68

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015394508

Dynamic interaction between microfinance and household well-being : evidence from the microcredit progressive model for sustainable development

Alqatan, Ahmad J.; Talbi, Najoua; Behbehani, Hasan; … - In: Econometrics : open access journal 13 (2025) 1, pp. 1-20

Microfinance aims to promote financial inclusion among underprivileged individuals, particularly through progressive microcredit, which enables borrowers to access increasing loan amounts over time. This study examines the conditions under which progressive microcredit positively impacts both...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015408156

Impact of natural events on the economic vulnerability of households in Peru

Vicuna, Jhonatan; Castellares, Renzo - 2025

This paper estimates the impact of natural events on the economic vulnerability of Peruvian households, with a focus on the role of frequency and severity. We combine detailed, high-frequency administrative data from emergency records at the district level provided by the National Institute of...

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Assessing the impact of social grants on household welfare using propensity score matching approach

Zwane, Talent; Biyase, Mduduzi; Rooderick, September - In: International journal of development issues 24 (2025) 1, pp. 1-15

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Does household welfare change with finance access? : the case of women and the youth in The Gambia

Badjie, Isatou A. - In: Review of development economics : an essential resource … 29 (2025) 1, pp. 64-104

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Modernizing Smallholder Agriculture and Achieving Food Security: An Exploration in Machinery Services and Labor Reallocation in China

Zou, Baoling; Mishra, Ashok K. - 2024

Worldwide, most farms are small and family-operated. This study discusses the future of smallholder agriculture in China, where most farms are small, and farms' parcels are fragmented. The study puts forward a framework of vertical division of labor and specialized production in agriculture. We...

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Climate shocks, household food security and welfare in Afghanistan

Ahmadzai, Hayatullah; Morrissey, Oliver - 2024

The increasing impact of natural disasters (floods, earthquakes, landslides, and avalanches) in Afghanistan, notably flooding and similar climate shocks, poses a growing concern as vulnerability to climate change intensifies the potential severity of these impacts in future. This paper uses two...

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Exploring education-induced bargaining power of women on household welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa

Frempong, Raymond Boadi; Stadelmann, David - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 11, pp. 1-18

empowerment on six household welfare indicators: child labor, child school enrollment, female labor force participation, fertility … determinants of household welfare. However, contrary to common assumptions, the woman's education does not have a stronger effect … improve household welfare, but its impact may not necessarily operate through enhanced bargaining power within the household. …

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Aspirations and livelihood diversification in rural Africa

Guthoff, Jonas; Mutsami, Chrispinus; Parlasca, Martin … - 2024

Many people in rural Africa still rely on smallholder agriculture as their main source of livelihood. Yet pursuing other economic activities beyond farming to diversify incomes becomes increasingly important. In this paper, we focus on the role of people's income aspirations in the process of...

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