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Household responses to adverse income shocks in Latin America

Alejandro Gaviria

No 2795, Informes de Investigación from Fedesarrollo

Abstract: Abstract: This paper uses a new data set to study household responses to adverse income shocks in seven Latin American countries. The results show (i) that households respond to income shocks mainly by increasing their abor force participation, selling assets, and cutting on human capital investments, (ii) that poor households are most likely to be affected by adverse income shocks, and (iii) that lower-middle class households are more likely to cut back human capital investments and moving abroad when faced with an adverse income shock. Taken together, these results offer ample justification for publicly funded safety nets targeted at the poor.

Keywords: Ingresos de Hogares; Pobreza; Reducción de la Pobreza; Participación Laboral; Capital Humano; América Latina (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27
Date: 2001-07-31
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