household welfare and poverty measures based on the financial concept of risk aversion and the volatility in welfare, measured … presence of uncertainty and risk, the current poverty status of households is not a good indicator of whether they will be poor … coping strategies. The results show that higher risk and risk aversion is related to lower consumption and higher poverty …

In the present paper it will be shown empirically that risk at poverty has a negative impact on household consumption …

Economic volatility remains a fact of life in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Household-level shocks create large consumption … fluctuations, raising the incidence of poverty. Drawing on micro-level data from South Africa and Tanzania, we examine the … vulnerability to shocks across household types (e.g. by education, ethnic group, and economic activity) and we quantify the impact …

Economic volatility remains a fact of life in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Household-level shocks create large consumption … fluctuations, raising the incidence of poverty. Drawing on micro-level data from South Africa and Tanzania, we examine the … vulnerability to shocks across household types (e.g. by education, ethnic group, and economic activity) and we quantify the impact …