Measuring Individual Vulnerability

Standard poverty analysis makes statements about deprivation after the veil of uncertainty has been lifted. This implies that there is no meaningful role for risk as part of an assessment of potentially low states of well-being. In this paper, we introduce a concept of vulnerability, as a threat of...

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Main Authors: Calvo, C, Dercon, S
Format: Working paper
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Department of Economics (University of Oxford) 2005