Assets, shocks, and poverty traps in rural Mozambique

L Giesbert, K Schindler - World Development, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper explores welfare dynamics among households in rural Mozambique. Using
household panel data, we test whether an asset-based poverty trap exists. Findings indicate …

Do shocks affect men's and women's assets differently? A review of literature and new evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda

AR Quisumbing, N Kumar, JA Behrman - 2011 - cgspace.cgiar.org
This background paper attempts to expand our understanding of the gender-differentiated
impact of shocks on assets through a literature review on shocks and gendered asset …

Do shocks affect men's and women's assets differently? Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda

AR Quisumbing, N Kumar… - Development Policy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Using panel data, this article tests whether shocks affect men's and women's assets
differently in Bangladesh and Uganda. Across countries, covariate and idiosyncratic shocks …

In the eye of the storm—The welfare impacts of a hurricane

KT Jakobsen - World Development, 2012 - Elsevier
The impact of a large covariant shock, namely Hurricane Mitch, is examined in the context of
household asset holdings in rural Nicaragua utilizing household panel data from the period …

How strong is the evidence for the existence of poverty traps? A multicountry assessment

A McKay, E Perge - The Journal of Development Studies, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Introducing this special collection on asset dynamics and poverty traps, this article assesses
evidence on these issues across eight panel data sets in six countries generally not …

Measuring socio-economic status in the millennium villages: the role of asset index choice

H Michelson, M Muñiz, K DeRosa - The Journal of Development …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
How are poverty analyses and poverty traps assessments affected by the choice among
conventional methods of asset index construction? To address this question, this article uses …

Resettlement and gender dimensions of land rights in post-conflict northern Uganda

S Adelman, A Peterman - World Development, 2014 - Elsevier
Evidence shows even low levels of land conflict may undermine land governance and
management, constrain agricultural productivity, and serve to perpetuate civil violence. This …

Do men and women accumulate assets in different ways? Evidence from rural Bangladesh

AR Quisumbing - 2011 - cgspace.cgiar.org
This paper examines asset dynamics for husband-owned, wife-owned, and jointly owned
assets, using unique longitudinal survey data from rural Bangladesh. Nonparametric and …

Identifying single or multiple poverty trap: An application to Indian household panel data

S Dutta - Social Indicators Research, 2015 - Springer
The paper examines the household asset dynamics in India as well as Indian rural States.
The paper contributes to the empirical analysis of poverty trap by investigating the presence …

[PDF][PDF] Do shocks affect men's and women's assets differently

AR Quisumbing, N Kumar… - A Review of Literature and …, 2011 - basis.ucdavis.edu
This paper attempts to expand our understanding of the gender-differentiated impact of
shocks on assets through a literature review on shocks and gendered asset dynamics and …