The empirical evidence shows that in developing countries illness shocks can have a severe impact on household income. Few studies have so fare examined the effects of mortality. The major difference between illness and mortality shocks is that a death of a household member does not only induce direct costs such as medical and funeral costs and possibly a loss in income, but that also the number of consumption units in the household is reduced. Using data for Indonesia, I show that the economic costs related to the death of children and older persons seem to be fully compensated by the decrease of consumption units. In contrast, when prime-age adults die, survivors face additional costs and, in consequence, implement coping strategies. It i...
We assess the financial risk of ill health for households in Indonesia, the role of informal coping ...
This paper examines the impact of idiosyncratic income shocks on household consumption,educational e...
This paper uses a 13-year panel of individuals in Tanzania to assess how adult mortality shocks affe...
The literature suggests that in developing countries illness shocks at the household level can have ...
Households in developing countries are typically more vulnerable to illness episodes. This paper use...
We investigate the economic consequences of sickness and death and the manner in which poor urban ho...
Most of the literature on the economics of catastrophes assumes that such events cause a reduction i...
Abstract Most of the literature on the economics of catastrophes assumes that such ev...
We assess the economic risk of ill health for households in Indonesia and the role of informal copin...
One of the most sizable and least predictable shocks to economic opportunities in developing countri...
We assess the economic risk of ill health for households in Indonesia and the role of informal copin...
Families in developing countries face enormous financial risks from major illness both in terms of ...
The purpose of our paper is to derive instructive analytics on how to account for differentials in d...
Families in developing countries face enormous financial risks from major illness both in terms of t...
This paper examines the impact of idiosyncratic income shocks on household consumption, educational ...
We assess the financial risk of ill health for households in Indonesia, the role of informal coping ...
This paper examines the impact of idiosyncratic income shocks on household consumption,educational e...
This paper uses a 13-year panel of individuals in Tanzania to assess how adult mortality shocks affe...
The literature suggests that in developing countries illness shocks at the household level can have ...
Households in developing countries are typically more vulnerable to illness episodes. This paper use...
We investigate the economic consequences of sickness and death and the manner in which poor urban ho...
Most of the literature on the economics of catastrophes assumes that such events cause a reduction i...
Abstract Most of the literature on the economics of catastrophes assumes that such ev...
We assess the economic risk of ill health for households in Indonesia and the role of informal copin...
One of the most sizable and least predictable shocks to economic opportunities in developing countri...
We assess the economic risk of ill health for households in Indonesia and the role of informal copin...
Families in developing countries face enormous financial risks from major illness both in terms of ...
The purpose of our paper is to derive instructive analytics on how to account for differentials in d...
Families in developing countries face enormous financial risks from major illness both in terms of t...
This paper examines the impact of idiosyncratic income shocks on household consumption, educational ...
We assess the financial risk of ill health for households in Indonesia, the role of informal coping ...
This paper examines the impact of idiosyncratic income shocks on household consumption,educational e...
This paper uses a 13-year panel of individuals in Tanzania to assess how adult mortality shocks affe...