 Vulnerability to poverty in FijiRaghbendra Jha, Tu Dang and Krishna Lal Sharma International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies, 2009, vol. 9, issue 1 Abstract: In the extant literature either income or consumption expenditures as measured over short periods of time has been regarded as proxies for the material well-being of households. However, economists have long recognized that a household’s sense of well-being depends not just on its average income or expenditures, but also on the risks it faces. Hence vulnerability is a more satisfactory measure of welfare. In this paper we measure the extent of vulnerability as expected poverty, and examine the importance of its determinants, on the basis of a household survey for Fiji. We find that in Fiji, vulnerability (and poverty) is largely a rural phenomenon. Moreover, the distribution of vulnerability across different segments of the population can differ significantly from the distribution of poverty. In addition, there is a sizable fraction of the population Fiji observed to be non-poor but estimated to be vulnerable to poverty. Thus, poverty reduction strategies in Fiji need to incorporate not just alleviation efforts but also prevention. Keywords: Poverty; Vulnerability; Cross-section data; Fiji (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eaa:ijaeqs:v:9:y2009:i:1_3 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies from Euro-American Association of Economic Development |
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