Cuna, Luigi
(2004)
Assessing Household Vulnerability to Employment Shocks: A Simulation Methodology Applied to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bologna:
Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE,
p. 29.
DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4762.
In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE
(528).
ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract
Household vulnerability relates to the incapacity of a household to preserve its welfare
because of negative events. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, vulnerability is a central issue in the
policy debate: many households are at risk of poverty due to fragile livelihood systems or
high exposure to shocks. Since no panel data are available in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a
micro-simulation methodology is adopted on the basis of a household consumption model
based on quintile regression. Shocks are simulated in the labour market and the methodology
consents the identification of the typologies of households which suffer from severe welfare
losses or that are plunged into poverty after the shocks. The results show that the vulnerable
households identified change when different shocks or a diverse definition of vulnerability are
taken into consideration. At the same time, the characteristics of households vulnerable to
poverty are shown to be different with respect to those of the poor.
Abstract
Household vulnerability relates to the incapacity of a household to preserve its welfare
because of negative events. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, vulnerability is a central issue in the
policy debate: many households are at risk of poverty due to fragile livelihood systems or
high exposure to shocks. Since no panel data are available in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a
micro-simulation methodology is adopted on the basis of a household consumption model
based on quintile regression. Shocks are simulated in the labour market and the methodology
consents the identification of the typologies of households which suffer from severe welfare
losses or that are plunged into poverty after the shocks. The results show that the vulnerable
households identified change when different shocks or a diverse definition of vulnerability are
taken into consideration. At the same time, the characteristics of households vulnerable to
poverty are shown to be different with respect to those of the poor.
Document type
Monograph
(Working Paper)
Creators
Keywords
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Micro-simulation; Vulnerability; Welfare Dynamics;
Labour Market Shocks, Living Standards Measurement Survey.
Subjects
ISSN
2282-6483
DOI
Deposit date
15 Mar 2016 09:18
Last modified
15 Mar 2016 09:18
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Document type
Monograph
(Working Paper)
Creators
Keywords
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Micro-simulation; Vulnerability; Welfare Dynamics;
Labour Market Shocks, Living Standards Measurement Survey.
Subjects
ISSN
2282-6483
DOI
Deposit date
15 Mar 2016 09:18
Last modified
15 Mar 2016 09:18
URI
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