Farmers' coping strategies against an aggregate shock: Evidence from the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake

While rural households in developing countries deploy a series of risk coping strategies to insulate against shocks, their effectiveness relies heavily on the nature of the shocks. Using unique datasets collected before and after the disastrous 2008 Sichuan earthquake, this paper examines the effect...

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Main Authors: Jin, Ling, Chen, Kevin Z., Yu, Bingxin, Filipski, Mateusz J.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149368

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